Engineering sustainability: A technical approach to sustainability

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2270-2292

  Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics; Efficiency; Engineering; Engineering sustainability; Environmental impact; Processes; Resources; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872418597     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4092270     Document Type: Article

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