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List of Figures, Tables and Boxes | p. vii |
Foreword to the Second Edition | p. xxi |
Foreword | p. xxiii |
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | p. xxv |
Connections | p. 1 |
Energy | p. 3 |
Forces | |
Concept of energy | |
The expansion of gases and the evolution of steam engines Power | |
The laws of thermodynamics | |
Energy and Human Activities | p. 35 |
The energy cost of satisfying basic human needs | |
Energy consumption as a function of income | |
Energy consumption in rural areas and in peri-urban households | |
Energy Sources | p. 45 |
Classification of the sources of energy | |
Energy balances | |
Energy resources and reserves | |
Energy consumption per inhabitant | |
Energy and Development | p. 65 |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and National Accounting | |
Economic growth | |
Disparities in income distribution | |
Quality of life and the Kuznets curve | |
Human Development Index (HDI) | |
The relationship for energy-development | |
Energy intensity: energy and economic product | |
Energy: The Facts | p. 101 |
Environmental impacts due to energy production and use | |
Qualification of environmental impacts in function of income | |
Local urban pollution | |
Regional pollution | |
Global aspects: the greenhouse effect | |
Occupational pollution | |
Energy and the Environment: The Causes | p. 181 |
Indicators | |
Contribution by sources | |
Technical Solutions | p. 243 |
Energy efficiency | |
Technological advances in power production | |
Renewable energies | |
Transportation | |
Industry and other stationary pollution sources | |
Electricity consumption in residential, commercial and public sectors | |
Combatting deforestation | |
Policies to Reduce Environmental Degradation | p. 337 |
Geographical scale of impacts | |
Environmental law and energy | |
Environmental support capacity: management by quality | |
Environmental protection costs | |
The cost of climate change | |
Energy policies | |
Integrated resource planning | |
Barriers for emission reduction and overcoming policies | |
Control of deforestation | |
World Energy Trends | p. 381 |
Projections | |
Conclusions from the outlooks | |
Technological change | |
Energy intensity trends | |
Energy and Lifestyles | p. 403 |
Lifestyle and consumption patterns | |
Consumer profiles | |
Energy and the Science Academies | p. 413 |
Energy, Environment and Development Timeline | p. 417 |
Conversion Units | p. 429 |
Index | p. 441 |
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