Global Change, Energy Issues and Regulation Policies E-Book

• Herausgeber: Springer Netherland
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Integrated Science & Technology Program
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

This book analyses the deep interaction between the world’s environmental crises, energy production, conversion and use, and global regulation policies.

 Bringing together experts from a wide range of scientific fields, it offers the reader a broad scope of knowledge on such topics as:

• climate change and exhaustion of resources
• the relationship between basic science and the development of sustainable energy technologies
• the relationship between global and local environmental policies
• the possible competition between foodstuff production and that of agro-fuels
• urban adaptation
• negotiations at the international level
• financial rules 

This book invites the reader to consider the multidisciplinary aspects of these urgent energy/environmental issues.