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  • Decarbonizing Logistics

    Distributing Goods in a Low Carbon World

    de Prof Alan McKinnon ...
    Logistics accounts for around 9-10% of global CO2 emissions and will be one of the hardest economic sectors to decarbonize. This is partly because the demand for freight transport is expected to rise sharply over the next few decades, but also because it relies very heavily on fossil fuel. Decarbonizing Logistics outlines the nature and extent of the challenge we face in trying to achieve deep ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Green Logistics

    Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics

    Edición de Prof Alan McKinnon, Professor Michael Browne, Dr Anthony Whiteing, Maja Piecyk ...
    Leading the way in current thinking on environmental logistics, Green Logistics provides a unique insight on the environmental impacts of logistics and the actions that companies and governments can take to deal with them. It is written by leading researchers in the field and provides a comprehensive view of the subject for students, managers and policy-makers.Fully updated, the 3rd edition of ... Leer más

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  • Transport Revolutions

    Moving People and Freight Without Oil

    de Richard Gilbert, Anthony Perl ...
    Modern societies rely upon prodigious amounts of oil for transport activity. The impacts over the near term of increasing oil scarcity and higher prices on transport will be among the major challenges facing humanity and will require a revolution in thinking about how we move people and goods.Transport Revolutions analyzes five prior episodes of rapid and radical change in the way people and goods ... Leer más

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  • Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World

    de Andreas Schafer, John B. Heywood, Henry D. Jacoby, Ian A. Waitz ...
    A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel.In the nineteenth century, horse transportation consumed vast amounts of land for hay production, and the intense traffic and ankle-deep manure created miserable living conditions in urban centers. The introduction of the horseless carriage solved many of these problems but has ... Leer más

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  • South Africa’s Energy Transition

    A Roadmap to a Decarbonised, Low-cost and Job-rich Future

    de Tobias Bischof-Niemz, Terence Creamer ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
    South Africa’s energy transition has become a highly topical, emotive and politically contentious topic. Taking a systems perspective, this book offers an evidence-based roadmap for such a transition and debunks many of the myths raised about the risks of a renewable-energy-led electricity mix. Owing to its formidable solar and wind resources, South Africa has an almost unparalleled opportunity to ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

    Technology, Incentives, Behavior

    Edición de Fereidoon Sioshansi ...
    The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols. An easy to read and understand guide, Sioshansi, along with an international group of contributors, moves through the maze of carbon reduction methods and technologies, providing ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Generating Electricity in a Carbon-Constrained World

    Edición de Fereidoon Sioshansi ...
    The electric power sector is what keeps modern economies going, and historically, fossil fuels provided the bulk of the energy need to generate electricity, with coal a dominant player in many parts of the world. Now with growing concerns about global climate change, this historical dependence on fossil-fuels, especially those rich in carbon, are being questioned. Examining the implications of the ... Leer más

    $130.99 USD

  • Wind Energy - The Facts

    A Guide to the Technology, Economics and Future of Wind Power

    de European Wind Energy Association ...
    Wind power is often held up as the most accessible and cost-effective route to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and improving our energy independence, yet knowledge of what it offers is often clouded by myths and misunderstandings, which can hamper its adoption.This new book, the result of an ambitious project coordinated by the European Wind Energy Association, aims to present the facts ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Climate Change and the World Bank Group: Phase I I - The Challenge of Low-Carbon Development

    de World Bank ...
    This study from the Independent Evaluation Group draws lessons for development and climate change mitigation from the World Bank Group's far-reaching portfolio of projects in energy forestry transport coal power and technology transfer. Reviewing what has worked what hasn?t and why the evaluation?s key findings include:Energy efficiency can offer countries direct economic returns that dwarf those ... Leer más

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  • Good to Green

    Managing Business Risks and Opportunities in the Age of Environmental Awareness

    de John-David Phyper, Paul MacLean ...
    The business world is undergoing dramatic change that is driven by tough new legislation, expanded market based incentives and increased consumer awareness of environmental issues (e.g., hazard ingredients in products, alternative energy, reduction in greenhouse gases). This is forcing companies to reassess the life cycle of their products and the efficiency of their supply chains. Environmental ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change and Disaster Management

    de Ross Prizzia ...
    This book makes the case that many climate related scientists have provided data that confirm that burning fossil fuels has increased greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, which has had a major impact on climate change. Each of the six chapters provides many references and questions for review.The first chapter emphasizes worldwide awareness of the relationship between climate change and disasters ... Leer más

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  • Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution

    de Charles Weiss, William B. Bonvillian ...
    An argument for a major federal program to stimulate innovation in energy technology and a proposal for a policy approach to implement it.America is addicted to fossil fuels, and the environmental and geopolitical costs are mounting. A public-private program—at an expanded scale—to stimulate innovation in energy policy seems essential. In Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution, Charles Weiss ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD