TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Technology and Environment: An Overview -- FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYSIS -- SOME SOLUTIONS -- SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS -- TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- 1 Frameworks for Analysis -- Industrial Metabolism -- MASS FLOWS AND WASTE EMISSIONS -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTE RESIDUALS -- EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES -- EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS AND GAIA -- APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS-BALANCE PRINCIPLES -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- The Biosphere as a Materials-Transformation System -- Industrial Transformation Processes -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Dematerialization -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Regularities in Technological Development: An Environmental View -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 2 The Promise of Technological Solutions -- Meeting the Near-Term Challenge for Power Plants -- THE ROLE OF ELECTRICITY IN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY -- IMPACTS OF REGULATIONS -- TRENDS IN EFFICIENCY -- CLEAN POWER FROM COAL -- CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL WARMING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Advanced Fossil Fuel Systems and Beyond -- THE MYTH OF ''RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES" -- NATURAL GAS: A BRIDGE TO THE POSTFOSSIL AGE? -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- BEYOND THE FOSSIL AGE -- REFERENCES -- Protecting the Ozone Layer: A Perspective from Industry -- ORIGINS OF CONCERN -- ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY -- PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS -- INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS -- RENEWED CONTROL EFFORTS AND INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP -- A HISTORIC INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT -- CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3 Social and Institutional Aspects -- The Rise and Fall of Environmental Expertise -- OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES -- THE REAL WORLD OF DECISIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Environmental Issues: Implications for Engineering Design and Education.

REGULATORY TRENDS -- A CHALLENGE TO ENGINEERING -- DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE PROCESSES AND PLANTS -- RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS -- ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE CONSUMER PRODUCTS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION -- SUMMARY -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Engineering Our Way Out of Endless Environmental Crises -- ENVIRONMENTAL ENDS, TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WASTE TECHNOLOGY -- LEAVING THE END-OF-PIPE APPROACH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- The Paradox of Technological Development -- SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT -- PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY -- A CASE IN POINT: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT -- ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING AS A GLOBAL PROBLEM -- ONE COURSE OF ACTION: NUCLEAR ENERGY -- ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE: WHAT NEXT? -- COOPERATION FOR THE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Contributors -- Index.