The Resource Making the modern world : materials and dematerialization, Vaclav Smil
Making the modern world : materials and dematerialization, Vaclav Smil
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- Summary
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- "How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest practical rates of recycling may not be enough to result in dematerialization rates that would be high enough to negate the rising demand for materials generated by continuing population growth and rising standards of living. This book explores the costs of this dependence and the potential for substantial dematerialization of modern economies. Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization considers the principal materials used throughout history, from wood and stone, through to metals, alloys, plastics, and silicon, describing their extraction and production as well as their dominant applications. The evolving productivities of material extraction, processing, synthesis, finishing, and distribution, and the energy costs and environmental impact of rising material consumption are examined in detail. The book concludes with an outlook for the future, discussing the prospects for dematerialization and potential constraints on materials.This interdisciplinary text will provide useful perspectives for readers with backgrounds including resource economics, environmental studies, energy analysis, mineral geology, industrial organization, manufacturing, and material science"--
- "Aiming to elucidate the complexity of material flows of modern societies, their prerequisites and their consequences"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 229 pages
- Contents
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- What gets included
- How we got here
- How the materials flow
- Are we dematerializing?
- Material outlook
- Isbn
- 9781119942535
- Label
- Making the modern world : materials and dematerialization
- Title
- Making the modern world
- Title remainder
- materials and dematerialization
- Statement of responsibility
- Vaclav Smil
- Subject
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- Environnement -- Études d'impact
- Konsumgesellschaft
- Materials
- Materials
- Naturmaterial
- Natürliche Ressourcen
- Raw materials
- Raw materials
- Dématérialisation (informatique)
- Ressourcenökonomie
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science
- Transition énergétique
- Verarbeitung
- Waste minimization
- Waste minimization
- Werkstoffkunde
- Recycling
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest practical rates of recycling may not be enough to result in dematerialization rates that would be high enough to negate the rising demand for materials generated by continuing population growth and rising standards of living. This book explores the costs of this dependence and the potential for substantial dematerialization of modern economies. Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization considers the principal materials used throughout history, from wood and stone, through to metals, alloys, plastics, and silicon, describing their extraction and production as well as their dominant applications. The evolving productivities of material extraction, processing, synthesis, finishing, and distribution, and the energy costs and environmental impact of rising material consumption are examined in detail. The book concludes with an outlook for the future, discussing the prospects for dematerialization and potential constraints on materials.This interdisciplinary text will provide useful perspectives for readers with backgrounds including resource economics, environmental studies, energy analysis, mineral geology, industrial organization, manufacturing, and material science"--
- "Aiming to elucidate the complexity of material flows of modern societies, their prerequisites and their consequences"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smil, Vaclav
- Dewey number
- 306.3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TD793.9
- LC item number
- .S64 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Waste minimization
- Materials
- Raw materials
- Waste minimization
- Materials
- Raw materials
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science
- Konsumgesellschaft
- Naturmaterial
- Natürliche Ressourcen
- Recycling
- Ressourcenökonomie
- Verarbeitung
- Werkstoffkunde
- Transition énergétique
- Environnement
- Dématérialisation (informatique)
- Materials
- Raw materials
- Waste minimization
- Label
- Making the modern world : materials and dematerialization, Vaclav Smil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-221) index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- What gets included -- How we got here -- How the materials flow -- Are we dematerializing? -- Material outlook
- Control code
- 852957153
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9781119942535
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013024672
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852957153
- Label
- Making the modern world : materials and dematerialization, Vaclav Smil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-221) index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- What gets included -- How we got here -- How the materials flow -- Are we dematerializing? -- Material outlook
- Control code
- 852957153
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9781119942535
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013024672
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852957153
Subject
- Environnement -- Études d'impact
- Konsumgesellschaft
- Materials
- Materials
- Naturmaterial
- Natürliche Ressourcen
- Raw materials
- Raw materials
- Dématérialisation (informatique)
- Ressourcenökonomie
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science
- Transition énergétique
- Verarbeitung
- Waste minimization
- Waste minimization
- Werkstoffkunde
- Recycling
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