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Engineering (R0) Serie de eBooks

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  • Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Economics

    Edición de Endre Bjørndal, Mette Bjørndal, Panos M. Pardalos, Mikael Rönnqvist ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book consists of a collection of articles describing the emergingand integrated area of Energy,Natural Resourcesand EnvironmentalEconomics.A majority of the authors are researchers doing applied work in economics, nance, and management science and are based in the Nordic countries. These countries have a long tradition of managing natural resources. Many of the applications are therefore ... Leer más

    $188.09 USD

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  • The Quest

    Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

    de Daniel Yergin ...
    **“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” —Wall Street Journal“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. The Quest is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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  • Large-Scale Solar Power Systems

    Construction and Economics

    de Peter Gevorkian ...
    This book is a comprehensive discussion and economic analysis of large-scale solar power systems, specifically referencing critical issues related to design construction and financing. The book provides practical design, installation, and financing guidelines for large-scale commercial and industrial solar power projects. Engineering design and construction methodologies as well as economic ... Leer más

    $81.99 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 European Emission Trading System and Its Followers

    Comparative Analysis and Linking Perspectives

    de Simone Borghesi, Massimiliano Montini, Alessandra Barreca ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Given the rapid spread of ETSs in an increasing number of countries and the important role that they are likely to play for the success or failure of the environmental policy in the years to come, this book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the EU ETS from both the legal and economic perspectives comparing it with the other main ETSs existing worldwide, in order to assess whether the EU ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Preparing for Peak Oil in South Africa

    An Integrated Case Study

    de Jeremy J. Wakeford ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Oil is the lifeblood of modern industrial economies. Petroleum powers virtually all motorized transport, which in turn enables most economic activities and provides mobility for citizens. But oil is a finite resource that is steadily depleting. In the past decade, the phenomenon of global peak oil – the fact that annual world oil production must at some point reach a maximum and then decline – has ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • European Energy and Climate Security

    Public Policies, Energy Sources, and Eastern Partners

    Edición de Rossella Bardazzi, Maria Grazia Pazienza, Alberto Tonini ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    As energy is becoming one of the crucial concerns in the EU, this volume provides an in-depth analysis and interdisciplinary perspective on European energy security. Given the multidimensional nature of energy security in terms of physical availability, affordability and geopolitical security, it brings together authors from different backgrounds pursuing a distinctly multidisciplinary approach. ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Biomass Supply Chains for Bioenergy and Biorefining

    Edición de Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen, Ehiaze Augustine Ehimen ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
    Biomass Supply Chains for Bioenergy and Biorefining highlights the emergence of energy generation through the use of biomass and the ways it is becoming more widely used. The supply chains that produce the feedstocks, harvest, transport, store, and prepare them for combustion or refinement into other forms of fuel are long and complex, often differing from feedstock to feedstock. Biomass Supply ... Leer más

    $269.99 USD

  • The Global Impact of Unconventional Shale Gas Development

    Economics, Policy, and Interdependence

    Edición de Yongsheng Wang, William E. Hefley ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book discusses the economic, political, and environmental issues surrounding the international exploration and exploitation of conventional and unconventional natural gas. Shale gas development in recent years has changed the energy discussion in the US as existing reserves of natural gas coupled with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing make exploitation of these reserves ... Leer más

    $134.99 USD

  • Energy and the Financial System

    What Every Economist, Financial Analyst, and Investor Needs to Know

    de Roger Boyd ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The modern financial system was developed to support the rapid economic growth that took off about 200 years ago with the phenomenal amounts of cheap energy made available through the exploitation of fossil fuels. As a result, its viability is completely dependent upon the continuation of that growth. Unfortunately, the more recent fossil fuel discoveries, especially for oil, have tended to have ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • Empirical Studies of Environmental Policies in Europe

    Edición de John W. Maxwell, Jürgen von Hagen ...
    Series Libro 3 - ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law
    John W. Maxwell and Jiirgen von Hagen Kelley School of Business, Indiana University; ZEI, University of Bonn, Indiana University, and CEPR Prior to the 1970's, economic studies of the natural environment were chiefly concerned with the optimal extraction of natural resources such as oil, coal, and timber. This focus reflected the commonly held belief that the natural environmental was sufficient ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • International Bioenergy Trade

    History, status & outlook on securing sustainable bioenergy supply, demand and markets

    Edición de André Faaij, Martin Junginger, Chun Sheng Goh ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The trade of global bioenergy commodities, such as ethanol, biodiesel and wood pellets has been growing exponentially in the past decade, and have by 2013 reached true “commodity” volumes, i.e. tens of millions of tonnes traded each year, and billions (both in US$/€) of annual turnover.IEA Bioenergy Task 40 was founded in 2004 and is now in its 4th triennium. For the past 9 years, task 40 has ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD