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Energy Use in Global Food Production Considerations for Sustainable Food Sec…
This Brief examines the sustainability of energy use in global food production and processing. The nexus between food, water, and energy are explored against a background of climate change. Current efforts to reduce the energy intensity of food and increase sustainability are explored. Food waste and its impact on energy is covered, including regional variations and nutrient recycling method…
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- 978-3-319-16781-7
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- 4 illustrations in colour
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Energy Technology and Valuation Issues
This volume investigates the impact of energy technology innovations on economic development and presents new areas of research into the financial economics of energy as well as new studies into valuation, electricity pricing and the economic, regulatory and environmental costs of alternative energy sources. Academics and practitioners take a global perspective and present cases from several co…
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- 978-3-319-13746-9
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- 37 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
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National Forest Inventories
The book presents the current state and good practices of national forest inventories in monitoring wood resources and demonstrates pathways for harmonisation and improved common reporting. Beyond a general overview over availability and use of wood resources in different countries, it provides a unique collection of original contributions from national forest inventory experts with in-depth de…
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- 978-3-319-44014-9
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- XXXII, 845
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Energy Policy Making in the EU Building the Agenda
The book adopts an innovative analytical approach to agenda setting by not only presenting successful cases in which energy issues were addressed by means of public policy, but by also analyzing failed attempts to make issues part of the European policy agenda. Another outstanding feature of the book is its use of the latest empirical data on a broad range of energy issues. When are energy i…
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- 978-1-4471-6645-0
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- 14 b/w illustrations
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Energy Law: An Introduction
The aim of this short text is simply to introduce a reader to this topic. It is intended for a global audience and rather than being restricted to potential energy law students of a particular country. It is also written for students of other disciplines such as geographers, social scientists and engineers. It should also be engaging to those in a variety of professional practices who want an a…
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- 978-3-319-14191-6
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- 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
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Energy Law in Brazil Oil, Gas and Biofuels
This book describes the energy-law situation in Brazil. It focuses on three specific energy sectors: oil, natural gas and biofuel. The decision to concentrate on these areas takes into account the role that these energy sectors play in the economic, political and legal systems in Brazil, as well as the fact that they are the primary subjects of current discussions surrounding economic regulatio…
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- 978-3-319-14268-5
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- 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
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Energy Efficiency Benefits for Environment and Society
This book discusses how energy efficiency benefits the global environment, national energy security, local pollution mitigation, natural resource conservation, and utility bill reduction. In addition, this book provides many hands-on skills and knowledge to identify and develop energy efficiency projects. The literature review shows that energy efficiency has become the first fuel in the world …
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- 978-1-4471-6666-5
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- 34 illustrations in colour
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Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces environmental impacts and how the huge global markets for sustainable innovation are currently hampered by protectionist policies. Subsequently, diverse sus…
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- 978-3-319-18636-8
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- XI, 195
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New Ecoinformatics Tools in Environmental Science:Applications and Decision-m…
This book provides new insights on the study of global environmental changes using the ecoinformatics tools and the adaptive-evolutionary technology of geoinformation monitoring. The main advantage of this book is that it gathers and presents extensive interdisciplinary expertise in the parameterization of global biogeochemical cycles and other environmental processes in the context of globaliz…
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- 978-3-319-13977-7
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- XXXIII, 903
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- Environmental Earth Sciences
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Nanotechnology to Aid Chemical and Biological Defense
This book presents research into chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense and environmental security, exploring practical implications of the research. Contributions from a diverse group of international civilian researchers present the latest work on nanotechnology problems in this area, looking at detection, protective technologies, decontamination and threats to environm…
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- 978-94-017-7217-4
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- XIV, 221
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- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology
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