Critical materials : : underlying causes and sustainable mitigation strategies / / Erik S. Offerman, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

• Superior document: World Scientific Series in Current Energy Issues ; Volume 5
• VerfasserIn: Offerman, S. Erik,
• Place / Publishing House: New Jersey : : World Scientific,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2019; 2018
• Language: English
• Series: World Scientific series in current energy issues ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (391 pages).

"This book covers a new frontier of research in Critical Materials that provides insight in terms of the possible sustainable mitigation strategies, the complexity, broadness and multi-disciplinarity of the subject. By exploring in both "systems view" and "in-depth materials view" in light of the circular economy, this book tackles the problem of sustainable usage of materials that is closely intertwined with the energy issue and climate change. Topics covered include: geopolitics of materials, the energy-materials nexus, definitions of the criticality of materials, circular product design, the development of alternative materials (substitution), sustainable mining and recycling."-- Publisher's website.

Table of Contents

Pt.I. Geopolitics and the energy: materials nexus -- pt. II. Defining critical materials -- pt. III. Critical material mitigation strategies -- pt. IV. Recycling as a critical material mitigation strategy.