Geothermal Energy and Society

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Manzella, Adele (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Allansdottir, Agnes (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pellizzone, Anna (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 67
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Natural resources.; Building construction.; Environmental sociology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Building Physics, HVAC.; Environmental Sociology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This book addresses the societal aspects of harnessing geothermal resources for different uses, such as power production, heating and cooling. It introduces a theoretical framework for a social scientific approach to the field, and presents a preliminary collection of empirical case studies on geoth...