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  • World at the Crossroads

    Towards a sustainable, equitable and liveable world

    de Philip B. Smith, Samuel E. Okoye, Jaap de Wilde, Priya Deshingkar ...
    Series series Sustainable Development Set
    Thirty years ago the Russell-Einstein Manifesto warned humanity that our survival is imperilled by the risk of nuclear war.In the spirit of that Manifesto, we now call on all scientists to expand our concerns to a broader set of interrelated dangers: destruction of the environment on a global scale, and denial of basis needs for a growing majority of humankind. The Dagomys Declaration (1988) of ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • Smart Grids from a Global Perspective

    Bridging Old and New Energy Systems

    Edición de Jaap De Wilde, Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen, Anne Beaulieu ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book presents a cross-disciplinary approach to smart grids, offering an invaluable basis for understanding their complexity and potential, and for discussing their technical, legal, economic, societal, psychological and security aspects.Smart grids are a complex phenomenon involving new, active roles for consumers and prosumers, novel social, political and cultural practices, advanced ICT, ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

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  • Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution

    The Energy Return on Investment

    de Pedro A. Prieto, Charles A. S. Hall ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that should ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Exploring the Security Landscape: Non-Traditional Security Challenges

    Edición de Anthony J. Masys ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides international perspective for those studying or working in the security domain, from enforcement to policy. It focuses on non-traditional threats in a landscape that has been described as transnational in nature and incorporates natural disasters, gang violence, extremism and terrorism, amongst other issues. Chapters provide innovative thinking on themes including cyber security ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Energy and the Wealth of Nations

    Understanding the Biophysical Economy

    de Charles A. S. Hall, Kent A. Klitgaard ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers. In this “perpetual motion” of interactions between firms that produce and households that consume, little or no accounting is given of the flow of energy and materials from the environment and back again. In the standard economic model, ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • The Ecological Hoofprint

    The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock

    de Tony Weis ...
    The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand.Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food Economy, Tony Weis explains clearly why the growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the accelerating biophysical ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Smart Cities

    Applications, Technologies, Standards, and Driving Factors

    Edición de George Koutitas, Jesus A. Jimenez, Stan McClellan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book reviews the applications, technologies, standards, and other issues related to Smart Cities. The book is divided into broad topical sections including Vision & Reality, Technologies & Standards, Transportation Considerations, and Infrastructure & Environment. In these sections, authors who are experts in their fields present essential aspects of applications, technologies, requirements, ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • Why Doesn't Microfinance Work?

    The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism

    de Milford Bateman ...
    Since its emergence in the 1970s, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, movie stars, royalty, high-profile politicians and 'troubleshooting' economists.In this provocative and controversial analysis, Milford Bateman reveals that microfinance doesn't actually work. In fact, the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Controllability, Identification, and Randomness in Distributed Systems

    de Marzieh Nabi-Abdolyousefi ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This interdisciplinary thesis involves the design and analysis of coordination algorithms on networks, identification of dynamic networks and estimation on networks with random geometries with implications for networks that support the operation of dynamic systems, e.g., formations of robotic vehicles, distributed estimation via sensor networks. The results have ramifications for fault detection ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • From Poverty to Power

    de Duncan Green ...
    This new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises. From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Geometrical Methods for Power Network Analysis

    de Stefano Bellucci, Bhupendra Nath Tiwari, Neeraj Gupta ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is a short introduction to power system planning and operation using advanced geometrical methods. The approach is based on well-known insights and techniques developed in theoretical physics in the context of Riemannian manifolds.The proof of principle and robustness of this approach is examined in the context of the IEEE 5 bus system.This work addresses applied mathematicians, ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Conducting Research in Conservation

    Social Science Methods and Practice

    de Helen Newing ...
    Conducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation.The first section on planning a research project includes chapters on the need for social science research in conservation, defining a research topic, methodology, and sampling. Section two ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD