• ISBN13: 9783319485805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Springer
• Publisher Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: February 24, 2017
• Pages: 428
• Original Price: EUR 99.99
• Language: English
• Edition: 2016
• Item Weight: 1506 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Materials Science / General, Environmental Science, and Environmental / Waste Management

This volume compiles topics from the REWAS 2013 symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting, focusing on different aspects of sustainability. It discusses how to realize sustainability in such areas as transportation, the built environment, electrical and electronic equipment and infrastructure, energy production, and water systems. Enabling sustainability topics include the use of metals and materials processing, recycling and recovery, as well as process design and modeling. The book focuses on understanding sustainability through life cycle management and analysis, systems modeling and design, and education and consumer awareness.

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a member-driven international professional society dedicated to fostering the exchange of learning and ideas across the entire range of materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production, to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Included among its nearly 13,000 professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators, and administrators from more than 70 countries on six continents. For more information on TMS, visit www.tms.org.