Materials and dematerialization : making the modern world / Vaclav Smil.

By:

Smil, Vaclav [author.]

Contributor(s):

John Wiley & Sons [publisher.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Hoboken : Wiley, 2023Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781394181223
9781394181216

Uniform titles:

Making the modern world

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Materials and dematerializationDDC classification:

661 SMI 23/eng/20230331

LOC classification:

TD793.9

Summary: "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. Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World explores the costs of this dependence and the potential for substantial dematerialization of modern economies. Revised throughout to highlight advances that have taken place over the last decade, including a thorough review of statistics and references to 2022, this new edition includes new sections to explicitly address material for global energy transition and for securing food for a still growing global population. Smil concludes with an updated appraisal of material requirements and prospects during the coming decades. This interdisciplinary text will provide useful perspectives for readers with backgrounds including resource economics, environmental studies, energy analysis, mineral geology, industrial organization, manufacturing and public policy"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes index.

Revised edition of: Making the modern world / Vaclav Smil. 2014.

"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. Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World explores the costs of this dependence and the potential for substantial dematerialization of modern economies. Revised throughout to highlight advances that have taken place over the last decade, including a thorough review of statistics and references to 2022, this new edition includes new sections to explicitly address material for global energy transition and for securing food for a still growing global population. Smil concludes with an updated appraisal of material requirements and prospects during the coming decades. This interdisciplinary text will provide useful perspectives for readers with backgrounds including resource economics, environmental studies, energy analysis, mineral geology, industrial organization, manufacturing and public policy"-- Provided by publisher.

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