Overview
Provides unprecedented peer-reviewed coverage of sustainability science and technology with contributions from nearly 1,000 of the world’s leading scientists and engineers
Edited by renowned Encyclopedia editor Robert Meyers with guidance from an Advisory Board of Nobel Laureates, a Crafoord Prize winner, and other prominent experts
Addresses the grand challenge for science and engineering today
Establishes a foundation for the many sustainability and policy evaluations being performed in institutions worldwide
Written in an authoritative yet accessible style for readers from undergraduate students through non-specialist professionals
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
The Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (ESST) addresses the grand challenge for science and engineering today. It provides unprecedented, peer-reviewed coverage in more than 550 separate entries comprising 38 topical sections. ESST establishes a foundation for the many sustainability and policy evaluations being performed in institutions worldwide.
An indispensable resource for scientists and engineers in developing new technologies and for applying existing technologies to sustainability, the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology is presented at the university and professional level needed for scientists, engineers, and their students to support real progress in sustainability science and technology.
Although the emphasis is on science and technology rather than policy, the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology is also a comprehensive and authoritative resource for policy makers who want to understand the scope of research and development and how these bottom-up innovations map on to the sustainability challenge.
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“The entries are long, well written, thoroughly researched and carefully documented. … Many entries contain very useful and clear diagrams and images to help explain concepts. … The Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology is an impressive work in both breadth and depth. This is an area of wide interest and exponential growth of knowledge. … It will be highly useful for collections serving postgraduate populations in fields related to sustainability.” (Alisa Mizikar, Reference Reviews, Vol. 27 (8), 2013)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Editors: Robert A. Meyers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-89469-0Published: 30 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0851-3Published: 27 February 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CXXII, 12555
Number of Illustrations: 2177 b/w illustrations, 3613 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Engineering, general, Energy, general, Pollution, general, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Medicine/Public Health, general