TY - BOOK AU - Ashby, Michael F. AU - Coral , Jordi Segalas ;Balas, Didac Ferrer TI - Materials and sustainable development SN - 9780081001769 AV - TA 170 .A84 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Elesevier KW - MATERIALS -- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1: Background: materials, energy and sustainability -- Chapter 2: What ia s "sustainable development"? -- Chapter 3: Assessing sustainable developments: the steps -- Chapter 4: Tools, Prompts and Chaeck-lists -- Chapter 5: Materials supply-chain risk -- Chapter 6: Corporate sustainability and materials -- Chapter 7: Introduction to case studeis -- Chapter 8: Scaling up bioplymer production -- Chapter 9: Wind farms -- Chapter 10: case study: electric cars -- Chapter 11: Lighting -- Chapter 12: Solar PV -- Chapter 13: Bamboo for sustainable flooring -- Chapter 14: The vision: a circular materials economy -- Chapter 15: Data, Charts and databases -- Chapte 16: Guidance for instructors N2 - The aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable developmetn to students of materials science and engineering at the bachelors and masters levels ER -