Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of contents V
3. Foreword XV
4. Preface XIX
5. Chapter 1 : The special roles that metals like steel or copper play in the energy system 1
6. Chapter 2 : Materials, Greenhouse Gas emissions and Climate Change 43
7. Chapter 3 : Biodiversity and Materials 121
8. Chapter 4 : Methods to deal with materials in a holistic way : Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Materials Flow Analysis (MFA), Sustainability Assessment of Technologies (SAT), etc 149
9. Chapter 5 : Materials and Health 231
10. Chapter 6 : Emissions & pollution: global & local environmental issues 299
11. Chapter 7 : History, geography and geopolitics of materials 377
12. Chapter 8 : Philosophy, social sciences and holistic views about materials 443
13. Chapter 9 : Foresight & Environmental Metallurgy 509
14. Chapter 10 : Conclusions, materials in space and time 545
15. Chapter 11 : Materials, COVID-19 and sanitary risks 561
16. Glossary – Acronyms and abbreviations 613
17. Index 627