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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298510803321

Titolo

Competition and Conflicts on Resource Use / / edited by Susanne Hartard, Wolfgang Liebert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-10954-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Natural Resource Management and Policy, , 0929-127X ; ; 46

Disciplina

327

330

333.7

628

658.5

670

Soggetti

Environmental economics

Environmental sciences

Environmental management

International relations

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Production management

Environmental Economics

Environmental Science and Engineering

Environmental Management

International Relations

Industrial and Production Engineering

Operations Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preamble -- Part I: Role of Resources for International Conflict Constellations -- Part II: Conflicts on Fossil and Nuclear Energy Supply -- Part III: Perspectives of Strategic Material Resources Management --



Part IV: Sustainable Solutions for Resource Consumption -- Part V: Water Conflict Prevention by Water Resource Management -- Part VI: Resource Aspects in Renewable Energy Technologies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reflects on the causes of resource-based conflicts and competition, and presents solutions for safely and sustainably providing resources with a focus on material flow management. The contributions from different disciplines highlight issues such as safe access to resources, conflicts over water and energy supplies, waste of strategic mineral resources, sustainable resource consumption, and renewable energy technologies.