John Peet

Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability examines the roots of the presenvironmental crisis in the neoclassical economics upon which modern industrial society is based. The author explains that only when we view ourselves in the larger context of the global ecosystem and accept the physical limits to what is possible can sustainability be achieved.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Island Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597269131
• Artikelnr.: 39174833

Autorenporträt

John Peet is a chemical engineer. He was the senior staff member in the engineering faculty at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He obtained a degree in chemical technology from Edinburgh University, Scotland, in 1960. After working for a time in a paper mill, he moved to New Zealand, where he completed a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury. He subsequently worked as a process engineer in an oil refinery in Britain. Since returning to live permanently in New Zealand, his research work concentrated on clarifying the links between energy policy and the environment, with particular interest in the function of economic tools.

He is committed to working with the insight and tools of engineering and science to help people in communities build a peaceful, just, and sustainable world.