Abiotic materials, management

Abiotic materials, management, 369 Abiotic resources, acid deposition, 381... 

All parts of society must regularly confront the problem of "optimally" managing abiotic materials. A factory manager s choice of equipment maintenance activities, a homeowner s choice of exterior trim for his house, and an architect s choice of artwork for a public square can all be cast as problems of materials management. Materials can then be regarded as components of processes that produce desired outputs and services which may be enhanced by some human activities (e.g., devoting labor to cleaning) and hindered by others (e.g., atmospheric pollution). 

Wolfe, N. L., and D. R. Burris. 1992. Abiotic redox transformations of organic contaminants in aquifer materials, p. 2-16. In AWMA, 85th Annual meeting. Air Waste Management Association, Kansas City. 

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