The Political Economy of Coal : Obstacles to Clean Energy Transitions

Volume ini memberikan gambaran umum tentang ekonomi politik batu bara dalam berbagai konteks negara. Batu bara merupakan sumber emisi gas rumah kaca terbesar di dunia, yang menyumbang sekitar 40 persen emisi CO2 terkait energi. Pembangunan pembangkit listrik berbahan bakar batu bara yang berkelanjutan dapat membuat target iklim Perjanjian Paris tidak dapat dicapai. Meskipun biaya sumber energi …

Cone penetration testing 2018 : proceedings of the 4th international symposiu…

Prosiding Simposium Internasional ke-4 tentang Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'18)," yang diselenggarakan pada tanggal 21-22 Juni 2018 di Delft, Belanda dan menyajikan perkembangan terbaru yang berkaitan dengan penggunaan cone penetration testing dalam rekayasa geoteknik. Fokusnya adalah pada solusi tantangan geoteknik menggunakan cone penetration testing (CPT), pengukuran tambahan CPT, dan alat …

Genetic algorithms and genetic programming: modern concepts and practical app…

Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming: Modern Concepts and Practical Applications discusses algorithmic developments in the context of genetic algorithms (GAs) and genetic programming (GP). It applies the algorithms to significant combinatorial optimization problems and describes structure identification using HeuristicLab as a platform for al

Personal data-smart cities: how cities can utilise their citizen's personal d…

This book sets out to address some of the issues that a smart city needs to overcome to make use of both the data currently available to them and how this can be enhanced by using emerging technology enabling a citizen to share their personal data, adding value. It provides answers for those within a smart city, advising their mayors or leaders on introducing new technology. We will cover th…

Water and Earthquakes

This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination. Although the effect…

Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations

Graham Thiele is director of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas, led by the International Potato Center (CIP), bringing together multiple partners to improve food security and reduce rural poverty through research for development. He holds an MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of London and a PhD in Anthropology from Cambridge. He began his career at the UKâ€â€¦

The philosophy and psychology of commitment

The phenomenon of commitment is a cornerstone of human social life. Commitments make individuals’ behavior predictable, thereby facilitating the planning and coordination of joint actions involving multiple agents. Moreover, commitments make people willing to rely upon each other, and thereby contribute to sustaining characteristically human social institutions such as jobs, money, government…

Moving Toward Net-Zero Carbon Society Challenges and Opportunities

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Energy Transition in the Baltic Sea Region Understanding Stakeholder Engagem…

This book analyses the potential for active stakeholder engagement in the energy transition in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) in order to foster clean energy deployment. Public acceptability and bottom-up activities can be critical for enduring outcomes to an energy transition. As a result, it is vital to understand how to unlock the potential for public, community and prosumer participation to…

Surveillance, privacy and security :citizens' perspectives

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