Environmental Biotechnology and Cleaner Bioprocesses
Contributors: Gloria Sanchez (Editor); Elizabeth Hernandez (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 16, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780748407293
Subjects: Environmental science; The Environment; Technology; Production management; Soil Pollution; Water Supply And Treatment; Science; Sustainable development; Science/Mathematics; Biotechnology; Development - Sustainable Development; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Science / Environmental Science; Bioremediation; Environmental aspects
First sentence: The prevailing industrial development style from the last century up to the beginning of the 1970s was characterized by production of goods and services aimed at satisfying ever-growing consumer demands of certain social groups with high purchasing power, within monopolic and closed economies, regardless of the consequent negative impacts on the environment.