Technology, humans, and society : toward a sustainable world /
A number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices. Technology, Humans, and Society focuse...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
©2001.
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| Series: | Sustainable world series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices. Technology, Humans, and Society focuses on building a model for business and engineering that will lead to a sustainable world. The challenge for engineering is to develop new technologies that enable economic growth and do not deplete irreplaceable resources and destroy ecological systems. No longer solely the domain of environmentalis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 500 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080518657 0080518656 9780122210907 0122210905 1281038156 9781281038159 9786611038151 6611038159 |