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Energy Options Impact on Regional Security
. Ed(S): Barbir, Frano; Ulgiati, Sergio
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Description for Energy Options Impact on Regional Security
Hardback. This book examines the issues surrounding the energy options available to nations in Europe and the Mediterranean. As the supply of fossil fuels dwindles and extraction costs rise, it examines short- and long-term strategies including lifestyle change. Editor(s): Barbir, Frano; Ulgiati, Sergio. Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNBT; RNU; THRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
Energy appears to be a fundamental driving force of economic and political strategies as well as planetary stability. Energy-related issues such as (1) the availability of new energy sources and viable technologies, (2) the disparity in access to energy sources, (3) the role of energy in our societies (energy societal metabolism), (4) the energy support to the life of our cities (where about half of world population is going to live very soon), and (5) the energy demand for food security all over the world, are “hot” problems that humans will have to face within the framework of sustainability (ecologically ... Read more
Energy appears to be a fundamental driving force of economic and political strategies as well as planetary stability. Energy-related issues such as (1) the availability of new energy sources and viable technologies, (2) the disparity in access to energy sources, (3) the role of energy in our societies (energy societal metabolism), (4) the energy support to the life of our cities (where about half of world population is going to live very soon), and (5) the energy demand for food security all over the world, are “hot” problems that humans will have to face within the framework of sustainability (ecologically ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048195640
SKU
V9789048195640
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