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9781853833694

Energy, Environment and Development

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  • ISBN13:

    9781853833694

  • ISBN10:

    185383369X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-09-01
  • Publisher: Earthscan / James & James

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Summary

With radical and innovative design solutions, everyone could be living in buildings and settlements that are more like gardens than cargo containers, and that purify air and water, generate energy, treat sewage and produce food - at lower cost. Birkeland

Author Biography

Jose Goldemberg is Professor and former Rector of the University of Sao Paulo.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
Acknowledgement
Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
The Issue
Energy
Efficiency of Energy Use
Energy and Development
Disparities in Income Distribution
The Human Development Index (HDI)
The Energy Cost of Satisfying Basic Human Needs
Energy and GNP
Energy and the Environment: the Facts
Urban Air Pollution
Indoor Air Pollution
Acid Rain
Greenhouse Warming and Climate Change
Desertification and Deforestation
Coastal and Marine Degradation
Energy and the Environment: the Causes
Electricity Production
Transportation
Industry
Buildings
Deforestation
Global Energy Trends
Energy Scenarios
Trends in Energy Intensity
The 'Decarbonization' of the Global Economy
Technical Solutions
Electricity Production
Transportation
Industry
Buildings
Carbon Recapture
Policies to Reduce Environmental Degradation
Costs of Environmental Protection
Costs of Climate Change
'No-Regrets' Policies
The Polluter Pays Principle
Integrated Resource Planning
Accelerated Development
Barriers to Emission Reductions and Policies to Overcome Them
Energy and Lifestyles
Conclusions
General conversion factors for energy
Decimal prefixes
Countries in the income aggregates
Countries in the major world aggregates
Index
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