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An Introduction to Sustainability: Humanity and the Environment (m41187)
Author: Tom Theis
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 72.67%
Revised: 2012-01-18
Revisions: 5
Challenges for Sustainability (m41192)
Author: Tom Theis
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 49.90%
Revised: 2012-03-01
Revisions: 5
Chapter Review Questions (m41193)
Author: Tom Theis
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 46.18%
Revised: 2012-03-01
Revisions: 5
Environmental Risk Management (m42115)
Author: Tom Theis
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) the basic elements of the sustainability paradigm through the evolution of U.S. environmental policy, and 2) the role of risk management as modern environmental policy has been implemented.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 60.55%
Revised: 2012-03-07
Revisions: 4
Human Consumption Patterns and the “Rebound” Effect (m41191)
Author: Tom Theis
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 64.71%
Revised: 2012-03-01
Revisions: 6
Life Cycle Assessment (m38643)
Author: Tom Theis
Keywords: Assessment (EIO-, Economic Input Output Life Cycle, Environmental Sustainability, Functional Unit, Inventory Allocation, LCA), Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Impact Analysis (LCIA), Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), Scoping
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) problem solving in a systematic and holistic manner, 2) the basic elements of life cycle analysis, and 3) the available tools for conducting life cycle analysis.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 85.71%
Revised: 2012-04-27
Revisions: 12
Modern Environmental Management – Chapter Introduction (m41573)
Author: Tom Theis
Summary: In this module, the chapter Modern Environmental Management is introduced.
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 52.65%
Revised: 2012-01-22
Revisions: 3
Preface (m41663)
Keywords: Sustainability
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 46.54%
Revised: 2012-01-18
Revisions: 3
Problem-Solving, Metrics, and Tools for Sustainability - Chapter Introduction (m38623)
Author: Tom Theis
Keywords: Environment, Problem-Solving, Metrics, and Tools for, Sustainability
Summary: This chapter is devoted to a special collection of methods, measurements, tools, indicators, and indices that are used to illustrate the meaning of sustainability, to assess the comparative sustainability among options, designs, or decisions, and to measure progress toward achieving the goals of sustainability over time.
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 65.52%
Revised: 2012-01-23
Revisions: 3
Sustainability and Business (m42273)
Author: Tom Theis
Keywords: eco-efficiency, end-of-life costs, extended product/producer responsibility, greenwashing, product chain, product stewardship, systems thinking, triple bottom line
Summary: In this module, the following topics are presented: 1) the incorporation of sustainability into businesses plans, 2) sustainable product chains, and 3) measuring and assessing sustainable performance.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 44.34%
Revised: 2012-05-01
Revisions: 3
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