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Discussing the technological supremacy of the chemical industry and how it will adopt a leading position to solve some of the largest global challenges humans have even seen, this book details how the industry will address climate change, aging populations, resource scarcity, globality, networks speed, pandemics, and massive growth and demand. Following a detailed introduction to some of the megatrends shaping our world over the forthcoming decades, the book goes on to provide several scenarios of how the world could look by 2050, including "business as usual" and a "sustainable" one. Chapter 3 gives a comprehensive overview of the current status, while providing a short historical review of the chemical industry, its origins, achievements and fundamentals. The following chapter reviews the potential impact of each of the selected megatrends on the industry, while Chapter 5 proposes how it could look by 2050. Several features of the chemical industry are presented and discussed, including the industrial relevance from an economical, technological and profitability point of view. This chapter also reviews the impact of climate change on the chemical industry and, more specifically,

Author

Cayuela Valencia, Rafael

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH; Wiley-VCH

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9783527657001

Subjects

Management, Business