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1 - 12 de 12 resultados para “mario giampietro”
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  • Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems

    de Mario Giampietro ...
    Ecologists, agronomists, and others who may question the validity of current models for determining sustainable growth of agroecosystems, need a new set of analytical tools that more effectively address the complex nature of related processes. Those who challenge traditional assumptions of optimization and static factors in agricultural modeling de ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future

    Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

    de Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi, Alevgül Şorman ...
    The vast majority of the countries of the world are now facing an imminent energy crisis, particularly the USA, China, India, Japan and EU countries, but also developing countries having to boost their economic growth precisely when more powerful economies will prevent them from using the limited supply of fossil energy.Despite this crisis, current protocols of energy accounting have been ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Resource Accounting for Sustainability Assessment

    The Nexus between Energy, Food, Water and Land Use

    Edición de Mario Giampietro, Richard J. Aspinall, Jesus Ramos-Martin, Sandra G. F. Bukkens ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Sustainability and Governance
    The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth. This, combined with concerns over environmental change, presents a set of scientific, policy and management issues that are critical for sustainability.Resource Accounting for Sustainability Assessment: The nexus ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements

    de Kozo Mayumi, Blake Alcott, Mario Giampietro, John Polimeni ...
    Series series Earthscan Research Editions
    �The Jevons Paradox�, which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This has subsequently been proved to apply not just to fossil fuels, but other resource use scenarios. For example, doubling the efficiency of food production per ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • The Biofuel Delusion

    The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production

    de Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi ...
    Faced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive implementation of this solution demonstrates that the promise of biofuels as a replacement to fossil fuels is in fact a mirage that, if followed, risks leaving us short of power, short of food and doing as much damage to the ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

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  • The Green Paradox

    A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming

    de Hans-Werner Sinn ...
    A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.The Earth is getting warmer. Yet, as Hans-Werner Sinn points out in this provocative book, the dominant policy approach—which aims to curb consumption of fossil energy—has been ineffective. Despite policy makers' efforts to promote ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Living in a Low-Carbon Society in 2050

    Edición de H. Herring ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Combining theory, case studies and speculative fiction, a range of contributors, from leading UK academics to pioneering renewable activists, create a compelling picture of the potential perks and pitfalls of a low carbon future. ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?

    How Money Really Does Grow On Trees

    de Sir Tony Juniper ...
    During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and eff orts to achieve low carbon economies. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate that there is a new wave of environmental attention focused on a wholly different set of subjects: namely that of natural capital, ecosystem services and ... Leer más

    $9.59 USD

  • The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security

    Common Challenges and National Responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe

    Edición de E. Moe, P. Midford ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe. ... Leer más

    $143.09 USD

  • Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

    Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

    de Thomas L. Friedman ...
    A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Businessweek Best Business Book of the YearA Chicago Tribune Best Book of the YearIn this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Greenwash Effect

    Corporate Deception, Celebrity Environmentalists, and What Big Business Isn?t Telling You about Their Green Products and Brands

    de Guy Pearse ...
    Going green is the new black for big business. But how real is the climate-friendly revolution that’s being advertised? Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden arches green. Facebook has even friended” Greenpeace. All across the globe big corporations are spending big bucks trying to ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Eco-Business

    A Big-Brand Takeover of Sustainability

    de Peter Dauvergne, Jane Lister ...
    Two experts explain the consequences for the planet when corporations use sustainability as a business tool.McDonald's promises to use only beef, coffee, fish, chicken, and cooking oil obtained from sustainable sources. Coca-Cola promises to achieve water neutrality. Unilever seeks to achieve 100 percent sustainable agricultural sourcing by 2020. Walmart has pledged to become carbon neutral. Big ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD