Energy, Society and Environment

David Elliott

346 pages, parution le 05/01/2004 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

This work examines the potential limits of technological solutions to energy related environmental problems and suggests that social, economic and political solutions may also be necessary to avoid serious environmental damage in the future. Global case studies are used throughout to ground the debates and illustrate the interactions between technological and social aspects.

L'auteur - David Elliott

professor of technology policy in the open university faculty of the energy and environment research unit.

Sommaire

Part I. Environmental Problems
- Technology and Society
- Energy and Environment
- Sustainable Energy
Part II. Sustainable Energy
- Greening Technology
- The Nuclear Alternative
- A Nuclear Renaissance?
- Renewable Energy
- Renewables World-Wide
- Sustainable Energy Strategy
Part III. Problems of Implementation
- Getting Started:Institutional Obstacles
- Keeping Going:Deployment Problems
- Case Study:Public Relations to Wind Farms in the UK
- Public Acceptance:The Need for Negotiation
Part IV:Sustainable Society
- Sustainable Development
- The Global Perspective
- The Sustainable Future
- Conclusions: The Way Ahead?

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	David Elliott
Parution	05/01/2004
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	346
Couverture	Broché
Poids	650g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415304863
ISBN13	978-0-415-30486-3