Greg Peters

Environmental Sustainability for Engineers and Applied Scientists (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook presents key theoretical approaches to understanding issues of sustainability and environmental management, perfectly bridging the gap between engineering and environmental science. It begins with the fundamentals of environmental modelling and toxicology, which are then used to discuss qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods, and environmental assessments of product design. It discusses how business and government can work towards sustainability, focusing on managerial and legal tools, before considering ethics and how decisions on environmental management can be made. Students will learn quantitative methods while also gaining an understanding of qualitative, legal, and ethical aspects of sustainability. Practical applications are included throughout, and there are study questions at the end of each chapter. PowerPoint slides and jpegs of all the figures in the book are provided online. This is the perfect textbook on environmental studies for engineering and applied science students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316733219
• Artikelnr.: 57076907

Autorenporträt

Greg Peters is Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University; the Servants of Christ Research Professor of Monastic Studies at Nashotah House Theological Seminary; and Rector of Anglican Church of the Epiphany, La Mirada, CA. He is the author of The Story of Monasticism and The Monkhood of All Believers.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Reader's guide: how is this all connected? 1. The engineer's role in environmental protection
2. The Earth system: natural operation and human impacts
3. Impacts of chemical pollution
4. Modelling environmental transport and fate of pollutants
5. Introduction to toxicology
6. Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment
7. Environmental assessment of products and processes
8. Regulatory structures
9. Decision-making
References
Index.