Description
| Summary: | "Introduction to Sustainability for Engineers aims to incorporate sustainability into curricula for undergraduate engineering students. The book starts with an introduction to the concept of sustainability, outlining core principles for sustainable development to guide engineering practice and decision making, including key tools aimed at enabling, measuring and communicating sustainability. It also describes concepts as life cycle analysis, environmental economics, related institutional architecture and policy framework, business context of sustainability, and sustainable architecture. Appendices at the end of the book presents a summary of key concepts, strategies and tools introduced in the main text"--
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 371 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780429287855
0429287852
9781000026863
1000026868
9781000026726
1000026728
9781000026795
1000026795 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 20, 2020). |
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| Biographical or Historical Data: | Toolseeram Ramjeawon has more than thirtyyears of experience working for academic institutions, government agencies, industries and international organizations and is currently a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Mauritius. In addition to his academic experience, he has acted as Technical Adviser to the Government of Mauritius and has undertaken several consultancy projects for national and global clientele including the African Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSCP). |
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