Energy, Society and Environment

by Elliott,David

• ISBN13: 9780415304863
• ISBN10: 0415304865
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-10-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This work examines the potential limits of technological solutions to energy related environmental problems and suggests that social, economic and political solutions may also be necessary to avoid serious environmental damage in the future. Global case studies are used throughout to ground the debates and illustrate the interactions between technological and social aspects.

Table of Contents

List of figures	ix
List of tables	xi
List of boxes	xiii
Series editor's preface	xv
Preface	xix
Study notes	xxiii
Acknowledgements	xxix
List of abbreviations	xxxi
Part 1 Environmental problems	1	(66)
1 Technology and society	3	(16)
2 Energy and environment	19	(27)
3 Sustainable technology	46	(21)
Part 2 Sustainable technology	67	(124)
4 Greening technology	69	(22)
5 The nuclear alternative	91	(16)
6 A nuclear renaissance?	107	(22)
7 Renewable energy	129	(25)
8 Renewables worldwide	154	(22)
9 Sustainable energy strategy	176	(15)
Part 3 Problems of implementation	191	(58)
10 Getting started: institutional obstacles	193	(12)
11 Keeping going: deployment problems	205	(14)
12 Case study: public reactions to wind farms in the UK	219	(16)
13 Public acceptance: the need for negotiation	235	(14)
Part 4 Sustainable society	249	(70)
14 Sustainable development	251	(16)
15 The global perspective	267	(14)
16 The sustainable future	281	(20)
17 Conclusions: the way ahead?	301	(18)
Appendix I Exploratory questions	319	(2)
Appendix II Contacts	321	(2)
Glossary	323	(2)
References	325	(14)
Index	339