Environmental Sustainability for Engineers and Applied Scientists

Greg Peters author Magdalena Svanström author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Mar '19

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Connects a qualitative perspective of environmental management with the quantitative skills used by engineering and applied science students.

This textbook provides a unique bridge between qualitative, legal and ethical perspectives on environmental management and sustainability, and the quantitative scientific knowledge used by practising engineers and applied scientists in the workplace. It will be invaluable for advanced students in engineering and applied science disciplines.This textbook presents key theoretical approaches to understanding issues of sustainability and environmental management, perfectly bridging the gap between engineering and environmental science. It begins with the fundamentals of environmental modelling and toxicology, which are then used to discuss qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods, and environmental assessments of product design. It discusses how business and government can work towards sustainability, focusing on managerial and legal tools, before considering ethics and how decisions on environmental management can be made. Students will learn quantitative methods while also gaining an understanding of qualitative, legal, and ethical aspects of sustainability. Practical applications are included throughout, and there are study questions at the end of each chapter. PowerPoint slides and jpegs of all the figures in the book are provided online. This is the perfect textbook on environmental studies for engineering and applied science students.

'This book … focuses on the pressing issue of encouraging engineers and applied scientists to consider sustainability in their designs. Hopefully, this text will get into the hands of all engineers and applied scientists who recognize that sustainability is everyone's responsibility, not just for those with 'environmental' in their titles.' B. Bero, Choice

ISBN: 9781107166820

Dimensions: 262mm x 183mm x 16mm

Weight: 700g

258 pages