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100	1		_aAshby, M. F. _eAuthor
245	1	0	_aMaterials and the Environment : _bEco-informed Material Choice. _cM. F. Ashby
250			_aSecond edition
264			_aAmsterdam : _bElsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, _c©2013.
300			_ax, 616 pages : _bcolor illustrations
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aIncludes index
504			_aIncludes bibliography
505			_aMaterial dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The material life cycle -- End of first life: a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Eco-data: values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Case studies: eco-audits -- Material selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability: living within our means -- Materials for low-carbon power -- Material efficiency -- The bigger picture: future options -- Materials profiles.
520			_aAddressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, Materials and the Environment, 2e€is the only book devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials. It explains the ways in which we depend on and use materials and the consequences these have, and it introduces methods for thinking about and designing with materials within the context of minimizing environmental impact. Along with its noted in-depth coverage of material consumption, the material life-cycle, selection strategies, and legislative aspects, €the second edition includes new case studies, impo
650		0	_a Materials _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aTechnology & engineering _xMaterial Science.
650		0	_aTechnology.
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