Linkages of sustainability /
edited by Thomas E. Graedel
- London: MIT Press, 2010.
- Strüngmann Forum reports. .
1.Linkages of sustainability: an introduction / Thomas E. Graedel, Ester van der Voet -- 2.Agriculture and forests recent trends, future prospects / Navin Ramankutty -- 3.Perspectives on sustainability of ecosystem services and functions / Oswald J. Schmitz -- 4.Human capital, social capital, and institutional capacity / Steve Rayner -- 5.Stocks, flows, and prospects of land / Karen C. Seto [and others] -- 6.Mineral resources quantitative and qualitative aspects of sustainability / Yuichi Moriguchi -- 7.Geological stocks and prospects for nonrenewable resources / Stephen E. Kesler -- 8.Deteriorating ore resources energy and water impacts / Terry E. Norgate -- 9.Transforming the recovery and recycling of nonrenewable resources / Markus A. Reuter, Antoinette van Schaik -- 10.Complex life cycles of precious and special metals / Christian Hageluken, Christina E.M. Meskers -- 11.Stocks, flows, and prospects of mineral resources / Heather L. MacLean [and others] -- 12.Global water balance / Johannes A.C. Barth [and others] -- 13.Water quality as a component of a sustainable water supply / Thomas P. Knepper, Thomas A. Ternes -- 14.Interactions of the water cycle with energy, material resources, greenhouse gas production, and land use / Heleen De Wever -- 15.Issues of unsustainability related to water / Motomu Ibaraki -- 16.Measuring and modeling the sustainability of global water resources / Shinjiro Kanae -- 17.Stocks, flows, and prospects of water / Klaus Lindner [and others] -- 18.Resources, reserves, and consumption of energy / Donald L. Gautier [and others] -- 19.Considering issues of energy sustainability / Thomas J. Wilbanks -- 20.Measuring energy sustainability / David L. Greene -- 21.Energy without constraints? / Ernst Worrell -- 22.Stocks, flows, and prospects of energy / Andreas Loschel [and others] -- 23.Climate change, land use, agriculture, and the emerging bioeconomy / David L. Skole, Brent M. Simpson -- 24.Enhancing resource sustainability by transforming urban and suburban transportation / Mark A. Delucchi -- 25.The emerging importance of linkages / Ester van der Voet, Thomas E. Graedel.
In this book, experts discuss the multiple components of sustainability, the constraints imposed by their linkages, and the necessity of taking a comprehensive view.