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1. What Gets Included 1
2. How We Got Here 7
2.1 Materials Used by Organisms 8
2.2 Materials in Prehistory 11
2.3 Ancient and Medieval Materials 15
2.4 Materials in the Early Modern Era 22
2.5 Creating Modern Material Civilization 27
2.6 Materials in the Twentieth Century 34
3. What Matters Most 45
3.1 Biomaterials 46
3.2 Construction Materials 52
3.3 Metals 57
3.4 Plastics 62
3.5 Industrial Gases 65
3.6 Fertilizers 70
3.7 Materials in Electronics 72
4. How the Materials Flow 77
4.1 Material Flow Accounts 79
4.2 America's Material Flows 83
[...]opean Balances 87
4.4 Materials in China's Modernization 90
4.5 Energy Cost of Materials 94
4.6 Life-Cycle Assessments 103
4.7 Recycling 111
5. Are We Dematerializing? 119
5.1 Apparent Dematerializations 120
5.2 Relative Dematerializations: Specific Weight Reductions 122
5.3 Consequences of Dematerialization 129
5.4 Relative Dematerialization in Modern Economies 137
5.5 Declining Energy Intensities 143
5.6 Decarbonization and Desulfurization 150
6. Material Outlook 157
6.1 Natural Resources 158
6.2 Wasting Less 165
6.3 New Materials and Dematerialization 168
6.4 Chances of Fundamental Departures 173
Appendix A Units and Unit Multiples 181
Appendix B US Material Production, GDP and Population, 1900-2005 183
Appendix C Global Population, Economic Product, and Production of Food, Major Materials, and Fuels 1900-2010 185
Appendix D Global Energy Cost of Major Materials in 2010 187
Appendix E 189
References 191
Index 223
1. What Gets Included 1
2. How We Got Here 7
2.1 Materials Used by Organisms 8
2.2 Materials in Prehistory 11
2.3 Ancient and Medieval Materials 15
2.4 Materials in the Early Modern Era 22
2.5 Creating Modern Material Civilization 27
2.6 Materials in the Twentieth Century 34
3. What Matters Most 45
3.1 Biomaterials 46
3.2 Construction Materials 52
3.3 Metals 57
3.4 Plastics 62
3.5 Industrial Gases 65
3.6 Fertilizers 70
3.7 Materials in Electronics 72
4. How the Materials Flow 77
4.1 Material Flow Accounts 79
4.2 America's Material Flows 83
[...]opean Balances 87
4.4 Materials in China's Modernization 90
4.5 Energy Cost of Materials 94
4.6 Life-Cycle Assessments 103
4.7 Recycling 111
5. Are We Dematerializing? 119
5.1 Apparent Dematerializations 120
5.2 Relative Dematerializations: Specific Weight Reductions 122
5.3 Consequences of Dematerialization 129
5.4 Relative Dematerialization in Modern Economies 137
5.5 Declining Energy Intensities 143
5.6 Decarbonization and Desulfurization 150
6. Material Outlook 157
6.1 Natural Resources 158
6.2 Wasting Less 165
6.3 New Materials and Dematerialization 168
6.4 Chances of Fundamental Departures 173
Appendix A Units and Unit Multiples 181
Appendix B US Material Production, GDP and Population, 1900-2005 183
Appendix C Global Population, Economic Product, and Production of Food, Major Materials, and Fuels 1900-2010 185
Appendix D Global Energy Cost of Major Materials in 2010 187
Appendix E 189
References 191
Index 223
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Preface: Why and How ix1. What Gets Included 12. How We Got Here 72.1 Materials Used by Organisms 82.2 Materials in Prehistory 112.3 Ancient and Medieval Materials 152.4 Materials in the Early Modern Era 222.5 Creating Modern Material Civilization 272.6 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119942535 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119942535 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Vaclav Smil |
| Auflage: | 1. Auflage |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Abbildungen: | black & white tables |
| Maße: | 243 x 170 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Vaclav Smil |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.11.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,5 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Preface: Why and How ix1. What Gets Included 12. How We Got Here 72.1 Materials Used by Organisms 82.2 Materials in Prehistory 112.3 Ancient and Medieval Materials 152.4 Materials in the Early Modern Era 222.5 Creating Modern Material Civilization 272.6 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119942535 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119942535 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Vaclav Smil |
| Auflage: | 1. Auflage |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Abbildungen: | black & white tables |
| Maße: | 243 x 170 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Vaclav Smil |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.11.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,5 kg |
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