Industrial Ecology and the Automobile or Securities Regulation Cases and Analysis 2005

Industrial Ecology and the Automobile

Author: Thomas E E Graedel

FEATURES:

• Shows that an industrial system must be viewed not in isolation from its surrounding systems, but in concert with them.
• Outlines a systems view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle — from materials to components and whole products, through obsolescence and disposal.
• Focuses on resources, energy, and capital as factors to be optimized.
• Explores various experiences encountered by the automobile industry in designing an automobile with the environment in mind. Considers:
• What choices are desirable?
• Which decisions work?
• Which are difficult to implement?
• Where is more research needed?
• Places automobiles in the context of broad societal structures — economics, psychology, culture.
• Provides historical perspectives on the evolution of the automobile and the evolution of the automotive infrastructure. (Chs. 4, 5) Considers:
• Road network development, maintenance and repair.
• Petroleum exploration, recovery, and delivery network.
• The automobile as a facilitator of urban sprawl.
• Discusses the many steps and factors to be considered in designing for environment:
• Choosing materials. (Ch. 6)
• Energy consumption. (Ch. 7)
• Environmental impacts during manufacture. (Ch. 8)
• Environmental interactions during product use. (Ch. 9)
• Design for recycling. (Ch. 10)
• Surveys global trends affecting the automobile, the transportationinfrastructure, and the society of the next quarter-century.
• Contains Matrix Evaluation Guidelines and Checklists. (Appendix A)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. I	Automobiles and Societal Structures
1	Humanity on the Move	1
2	Industrial Ecology	8
3	Culture, Psychology, and the Automobile	26
4	Automotive Technology as a System	37
Pt. II	Historical Perspectives
5	The Evolution of the Automobile	47
6	The Evolution of the Automotive Infrastructure	62
Pt. III	Design for Environment
7	Choosing Materials	77
8	Environmental Interactions During Manufacture	93
9	Energy Consumption	109
10	Environmental Interactions During Product Use	125
11	Design for Recycling	147
12	How Green is the Automobile and Its Infrastructure?	162
Pt. IV	Future Prospects
13	The Future of the Automobile and Its Infrastructure	193
14	Epilogue	217
App. A	Environmentally-Responsible Product Matrix	219
App. B	Conversion Factors and Units of Measurement	236
	Index	238

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Securities Regulation, Cases and Analysis 2005 (University Casebook Series)

Author: Stephen J Choi

Securities Regulation: Cases and Analysis includes detailed coverage of the SEC's 2005 Public Offering Reforms and seeks to make both securities markets and securities regulation accessible and manageable, helping students to master the basic principles and structure of securities regulation and enabling them to begin their careers as corporate lawyers with confidence. Each chapter begins with a brief essay laying out the economics of the subject of the chapter. Securities markets are all about money, so an understanding of the economic incentives of the various actors is essential to an understanding of the effects of the regulatory regime.