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This edited book explicitly deals with the energy humanities, summarising existing knowledge in the area and outlining possible future directions for the nascent field. Assuming a variety of disciplinary stances and using a plethora of methodologies to address a number...
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Springer
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2020-11-02
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Energy drives the economy, economics informs policy, and policy affects social outcomes. Since the oil crises of the 1970s, pundits have debated the validity of this sequence, but most economists and politicians still ignore it. Thus, they delude the public about the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-10-07
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This open access book questions the stereotype depicting all Gulf (GCC) economies as not sustainable, and starts a critical discussion of what these economies and polities should do to guarantee themselves a relatively stable future.Volatile international oil markets...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-30
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The implementation of the circular economy will entail a major transformation from a resource-destroying, linear economy to a circular one that operates within the planet’s regenerative boundaries. This book presents an interim assessment of the implementation of a...
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Springer
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2020-09-23
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This open access book evaluates, from an economic perspective, various measures introduced in Japan to prevent climate change. Although various countries have implemented such policies in response to the pressing issue of climate change, the effectiveness of those...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-09-17
Collection :
Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific
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This book provides a systematic overview of transmission network investment in liberalized power markets. Recent government policies to increase the share of intermittent renewable power generation and other technological...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-09-10
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Lecture Notes in Energy
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The aim of this two-volume book series is to highlight some of the most pervasive sustainability challenges that Sub-Saharan Africa faces. The two volumes contain 20 chapters that illustrate very diverse sustainability challenges throughout...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-09-05
Collection :
Science for Sustainable Societies
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The aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces.The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-09-04
Collection :
Science for Sustainable Societies
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This book contains the results of the latest research on energy-related topics in transportation, economics, and management. The book is composed of select research proceedings of the EMMFT 2019 conference, and covers such issues as energy efficiency in the transport...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-08-18
Collection :
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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Der Autor analysiert die Energiewirtschaft des sich vom Atlantik bis zum Pazifik erstreckenden eurasischen Kontinents (Europa + Eurasien) und Afrikas. Die wichtigsten energiewirtschaftlichen Indikatoren der einzelnen Regionen und Länder und deren Entwicklung werden von...
Editeur :
Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2020-08-18
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This book is intended to assist to improve energy efficiency in the industrial sector. The book offers case studies for industrial energy efficiency improvement and contains brief reports on cutting-edge research in all fields of the energy industry.This book, which is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-08-17
Collection :
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application and integration of interdisciplinary principles from the fields of kinetic design, mechanics, energy and materials engineering in the fields of architecture and engineering design. It explores the...
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Springer
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2020-08-08
Collection :
Design Science and Innovation
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This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the field of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and modules. In thirteen chapters, it addresses a wide range of topics including the spectrum of light received by PV devices, the basic functioning of a solar cell, and the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-07-16
Collection :
Springer Series in Materials Science
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Over the past few decades, the frequency and severity of natural and human-induced disasters have increased across Asia. These disasters lead to substantial loss of life, livelihoods and community assets, which not only threatens the pace of socio-economic development,...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-07-07
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The book addresses the vital and interwoven areas of energy, environment, and the economy within the field of sustainability research. Fundamental technical details, empirical data, and case studies taking into account local and international perspectives are included....
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Springer
Parution :
2020-07-02
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Energy
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The Chinese electricity sector is the largest in the world, covering well over 20% of the world's electricity supply. While many other countries liberalized their electricity systems in the 1990s, thereby creating competitive wholesale and retail electricity...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-06-29
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This book gathers cutting-edge studies on the relationship between energy innovations, economic growth, environmental regulation, promotion of renewable energy use, and climate change. Building on the research discussed in the editor’s previous book Decarbonization...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-06-17
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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of building design and construction, by focusing on new design solutions for buildings and new technologies creation for construction, as presented by researchers and engineers at the 2nd...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-06-13
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
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The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies.The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-06-09
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Energy
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Capitalism is under attack. Defenders say that capitalism has raised billions of people from poverty. But a central activity of capitalism today, Wall Street style, is speculation (gambling), using other people’s money, and privatizing the profits while socializing the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-29
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