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Title: |
True Sustainability in Technological Development & Natural Resource Management |
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| By (author): |
M Ibrahim Khan, M Rafiqul Islam |
| ISBN10-13: |
1600212034 : 9781600212031 |
| Illustrations: |
tables & charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
381 |
| Weight: |
.984 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - March 2007 |
| List Price: |
172.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Sustainability : Alternative & renewable energy sources & technolog |
| The word 'sustainability' is frequently misunderstood because there are numerous definitions of sustainability and not even two definitions have converging meanings. Instead of achieving 'sustainability', some of the sustainable development projects aggravate ecological and other problems, as painfully evidenced in numerous experimental projects. This book attempts to improve our understanding of what it means to be sustainable by exploring several different sustainability projects and techniques. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; True Sustainability in Technology Development; Unsustainable Natural Resource Operations; Towards Sustainable Offshore Operations: A Case Study on the Scotian Shelf; Modelling Fate and Behaviour of Oil Discharges in the Marine Ecosystem; Sustainable Technology Development for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations; Sustainable Management Techniques of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations; Zero Waste Community-Based Sustainable Energy Development Technologies; Sustainable Technologies; Index. |
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