Energy, Resources & Environment, 2nd edn (Open University U206)

by Alan Reddish (Author), John Blunden (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.25

  The third of four volumes on environmental issues, this text concentrates on major factors in the modern technological society - energy, minerals, manufacturing, waste disposal - their environmental effects, and how these might be changed. Nine authors contribute to seven chapters. The first three chapters deal with energy - principles, effects of present policies and more sustainable futures. The next two chapters consider mineral resources and the effects of mining and processing. The impact of manufacturing, particularly the hazards of the chemical industry, and methods of reducing them, follow. Finally, waste disposal is represented by a discussion of the particular political issues raised by radioactive wastes. Student activities are provided.

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  This text is the last of a series of four volumes on environmental issues, particularly concerned with global problems, the available scientific information, which is necessarily incomplete, and the reasons of the policy makers. Ten authors contribute to six chapters. The first five deal with particular topics where some progress has been made with international agreement: the Law of the Sea, atmospheres and climate change, the ozone layer and - more all-embracing and elusive - sustainable development. The last chapter surveys the various participants in the complex political debates on these crucial questions, considers their various value positions and speculates on possible futures.