Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to sustainable development /The role of the professional engineer and scientist in sustainable development /Slobodan Perdan
  • Waste water management : identifying sustainable processes /Cynthia A. Mitchell, Anna L. Carew, Roland Clift
  • Integrated prevention and control of air pollution : the case of nitrogen oxides /Adisa Azapagic, Charles Duff, Roland Clift
  • Municipal solid waste management : can thermodynamics influence people's opinions about incineration /Adisa Azapagic, Charles Duff, Roland Clift
  • Process design for sustainability : the case of vinyl chloride monomer /Norman Kirkby, Adisa Azapagic, Omar Romero-Hernandez
  • Towards sustainable chemical manufacturing : polylactic acid: a sustainable polymer? /Adisa Azapagic, Alan Millington, Aaron Collett
  • An industrial ecology : material flows and engineering design /James H. Clark, Jeffrey J.E. Hardy
  • Scenario building and uncertainties : options for energy sources /David T. Allen
  • Fuel cells in stationary applications : energy for the future? /Richard Darton
  • Towards sustainable process contracting : the case of the glass industry /Martin Pehnt
  • Multi-criteria decision analysis : the case of power generation in South Africa /Michael J. Nicholas