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Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the need for embedding a far greater environmental consciousness into our social values and norms. A drastic reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions...
To Be Published July 3rd 2013 by Routledge
Recent upheaval in the global energy system – dramatic increases in demand led largely by developing countries, significant decreases in supply as a result of local or regional conflicts, and the growing nexus between the burning of hydrocarbons and climate change – has unsettled long-held notions...
To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Sustainable Energy Developments
The discussion about energy perspectives up to 2050 and beyond has started. There seems to be a verbal consensus about the necessity of ambitious climate change mitigation policies, whereas proposed solutions vary from aiming at 100% renewable energies and setting up appropriate policy frameworks...
To Be Published September 2nd 2013 by CRC Press
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
This book examines the topic of sustainable consumption, an important emerging topic in the academic discourse on sustainable development and global environmental change. Throughout the book, transdisciplinary insights from sociology, geography and political science are developed to highlight major...
To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Earthscan Expert
The role of the energy manager has evolved significantly as the task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has become increasingly important. Managers are now technical experts, negotiators, construction project managers, procurement specialists, efficiency advocates and often provide...
To Be Published October 24th 2013 by Routledge
Series: The Basics
People rarely stop to think about where the energy they use to power their everyday lives comes from and when they do it is often to ask a worried question: is mankind’s energy usage killing the planet? How do we deal with nuclear waste? What happens when the oil runs out? Energy: The Basics...
To Be Published October 27th 2013 by Routledge
What are the social and ethical implications of current patterns of energy production and use, and how can these be made more equitable, secure and sustainble? To answer this question, this book connects the discussion of energy policy and technology with notions of rights, happiness, duties,...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
We now have the technologies to transform existing energy systems based predominantly on the efficient use of renewable sources of energy. The principal barriers to this transformation are no longer primarily technological or economic, but institutional and cultural, and are maintained by powerful...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Earthscan Expert
Earthscan Expert Guide to efficienct energy management in idustry, including how to conduct an energy audit, plan and monitor a verification strategy and make an energy saving campaign successful....
To Be Published December 16th 2013 by Routledge
Following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in March 2011, the public is showing increased interest in nuclear safety. This important book is based on an independent report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, which has been translated into English and...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
