Published by Pearson (September 10, 2014) © 2015
Braden AllenbyChapter 1 So What Is Different Now? Or, Why We Need Sustainable Engineering
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Welcome to the Anthropocene
1.3 Evolution of the Anthropocene
1.4 The Fingerprint of the Anthropocene: Energy and Water
1.5 The Fingerprint of the Anthropocene: Human Imprints on Sinks and Material
Flows
1.6 Conclusion
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 2 Themes of the Anthropocene
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Globalization and Multiculturalism, Then and Now
2.3 Information and Communications Technology and Systems
2.4 Technology and Sustainability
2.5 Demographic Trends
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 3 Complexity
3.1 Complexity
3.2 Simple versus Complex Systems
3.3 Different Forms of Complexity
3.4 Understanding Complexity
3.5 Models, Ideology and Complexity
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 4 Sustainability
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sustainable Development
4.3 Sustainability and Resources
4.4 From Sustainability to Sustainable Engineering
4.5 Sustainability and Global States
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 5 Homo Faber: Human History and Technology
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Railroad as Technology System
5.3 Technology Clusters
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 6 Characteristics of Technology
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Product Design
6.3 Behavior of Technological Systems
6.4 The Three Levels of Technology Systems
6.5 Concluding Observations
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 7 Industrial Ecology
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Industrial Ecology
7.3 Life Cycle Assessment
7.4 Streamlined LCA
7.5 Systems Engineering
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 8 The Five Horsemen: Emerging Technologies
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Five Horsemen
8.3 The Human as Design Space
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 9 Green Chemistry
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Chlorofluorocarbon Case Study
9.3 Antimicrobials and Pharmaceuticals as Earth Systems
9.4 Policy Implications
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 10 Sustainable Engineering: Information and Communication Technology
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Framing ICT
10.3 Infrastructure Operations
10.4 Services
10.5 The Virtualization of Work, Digital Nomads, and the Triple Bottom Line
10.6 Virtualization of Work and the Evolution of Institutional Complexity
10.7 Conclusion
Exercises
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 11 The Five Horsemen, Military Operations, and National Security
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Thinking about National Security
11.3 Concluding Thoughts
Exercises
Annotated Biblio