True Sustainability
Subtitle: in Technological Development And Natural Resource Management
Contributors: Dr. R. Islam (Editor)
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: June 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781600212031
Subjects: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Sustainability; Nature; Technology & Industrial Arts; Nature/Ecology; Environmental - General; Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Case studies; Environmental aspects; Management; Natural resources; Sustainable development; Technology
First sentence: The word ‘sustainability’ is frequently misunderstood because there are numerous definitions of sustainability and not even two definitions have converging meanings. Instead of achieving ‘sustainability’, some of the sustainable development projects aggravate ecological and other problems, as painfully evidenced in numerous experimental projects. This book attempts to improve our understanding of what it means to be sustainable by exploring several different sustainability projects and techniques.
Description: Preface; 
Chapter 1. True Sustainability in Technology Development; 
Chapter 2. Unsustainable Natural Resource Operations; 
Chapter 3. Towards Sustainable Offshore Operations: A Case Study on the Scotian Shelf; 
Chapter 4. Modeling Fate and Behavior of Oil Discharges in the Marine Ecosystem; 
Chapter 5. Sustainable Technology Development for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations; 
Chapter 6. Sustainable Management Techniques of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations; 
Chapter 7. Zero Waste Community-Based Sustainable Energy Development Technologies; 
Chapter 8. Sustainable Technologies; 
Index.
Notes: In order to judge "true sustainability," suggest the authors of this text, it necessary to judge the path dependency of products over time. They apply this insight to analysis of offshore oil and gas operations, analyzing how current operations produce and release waste during seismic exploration, exploratory drilling and installation of structures, production, and decommissioning of projects. By modeling the fate and behavior of oil discharges in the marine ecosystem, they hope to show that current notions of sustainable management in offshore oil and gas operations are deeply flawed. Their criteria of path dependency suggest that local supply of energy needs can be a better means of achieving sustainability. For example, and counter to much conventional wisdom, wood burning stoves do not produce more pollution that oil and natural gas burning stoves in life-cycle emissions, environmental impacts, and economics are taken into consideration. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of contents: title: Preface; Chapter 1. True Sustainability in Technology Development; Chapter 2. Unsustainable Natural Resource Operations; Chapter 3. Towards Sustainable Offshore Operations: A Case Study on the Scotian Shelf; Chapter 4. Modeling Fate and Behavior of Oil Discharges in the Marine Ecosystem; Chapter 5. Sustainable Technology Development for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations; Chapter 6. Sustainable Management Techniques of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations; Chapter 7. Zero Waste Community-Based Sustainable Energy Development Technologies; Chapter 8. Sustainable Technologies; Index.