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• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Toth, Ferenc L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Environment & Policy, 54
• Θέματα: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; Sustainable development.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Energy, general.; Development Economics.; Sustainable Development.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Economics.; Climate Change.

Global development brings with it a fast-rising demand for energy whose generation is a core environmental issue. Thus energy has become the prime focus of a plethora of research initiatives as well as being a central policy concern for governments the world over. This book demonstrates that access...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Energy for Development: A Key to Long-term Sustainability
• PART 1: International Institutions and National Decisions
• Rethinking Energy Aid Mechanisms: Three Premises
• Energy: The Missing Millennium Development Goal
• Multilateralism and Energy for Development
• The Possible Role of the Energy Charter in Advancing Energy for Development in Africa
• Resolving Mismatches in Energy Decision Making
• PART II: Energy Demand
• Demography, Urbanisation and Energy Demand
• Development, infrastructure and energy: Exploring the Linkages in Latin America
• Energy Efficiency for Development
• Externalities in the Global Energy System
• PART III: Energy Supply
• Technology and Innovation
• Energy Resources
• Financing Power Sector Investments
• Financing Renewable Energy
• Fossil Fuels and Carbon Capture and Storage
• Nuclear energy
• Energy and Food Security
• Index.