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  • The Large Dam Dilemma

    An Exploration of the Impacts of Hydro Projects on People and the Environment in China

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Large dam construction has significant environmental and social impacts at different scales. As the largest developing country in the world, China has built about half of the world’s large dams, and more are expected to be built over the next two decades to meet the country’s rapidly growing demand for energy. This book summarizes and updates information about the history, distribution, functions, ... Read more

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  • Himalayan Mobilities

    An Exploration of the Impact of Expanding Rural Road Networks on Social and Ecological Systems in the Nepalese Himalaya

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The goals of this book are to update information on the effects of rural road development, both in Nepal and globally, explain the environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural impacts of expanding rural road networks in the Nepalese Himalaya, and to promote further studies on rural road development throughout the world based on studies and investigations performed in Nepal. Readers will learn ... Read more

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  • Quarterly Essay 44 Man-Made World

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  • Energy Democracy

    Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Schönau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The authors explore ... Read more

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  • The European Emission Trading System and Its Followers

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