1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910411927903321

Autore

Kajiwara Hazuki

Titolo

Surviving with Companion Animals in Japan : Life after a Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster / / by Hazuki Kajiwara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030493288

3030493288

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Animals and Social Problems, , 2946-4684

Disciplina

304.20952

300

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Veterinary medicine

Environmental policy

Sociology

Sociology, Urban

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Social Theory

Veterinary Science

Environmental Policy

Urban Sociology

Asian Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1: Japanese animals in calamity -- Chapter 2: Methodology -- Part 1: The Tsunami in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures -- Chapter 3: Everything I did was for Baron -- Chapter 4: Surviving with companion animals -- Part 2: The Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima -- Chapter 5: I have lost the meaning to live -- Chapter 6: Making choices regarding companion animals -- Chapter 7: Complexities in Fukushima -- Part 3: Social Structures and Causal Mechanisms -- Chapter 8: Applying Critical Realism to real life -- Chapter 9: Advancing the notion



of "bonding rights".

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how relationships between guardians and companion animals were challenged during a large-scale disaster: the tsunami of March 2011 and the following nuclear disaster in Fukushima. The author interrogates: 1) How did guardians and their companion animals survive the large disaster?; 2) Why was the relationship between guardians and their companion animals ignored during and after a disaster?; and 3) What structures and/or mechanisms shaped the outcomes for animals and their guardians? Through a critical realist framework, combined with a theoretical perspective developed by Roy Bhaskar and his colleagues, the author argues that despite the trivialization of companion animals by government officials, relationships between animals and guardians were often able to be maintained, in some cases through great pains by the guardians. While the notion of human-animal relationships in Japan has thus far been dominated by economic logic, the author reveals dynamics between guardians and companion animal transcend such structures, forging the concept of "bonding rights.".

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299595603321

Titolo

Renewable Energy and the Environment / / edited by Md. Rabiul Islam, Naruttam Kumar Roy, Saifur Rahman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-7287-6

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXI, 231 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Storage, , 2509-9698

Disciplina

333.794

Soggetti

Renewable energy resources

Power electronics

Electronic circuits

Energy systems

Renewable and Green Energy

Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

Circuits and Systems

Energy Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Prospects of Renewable Energy Sources -- Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants: Necessity and Techno-Economical Development -- Development of HTS Cable-Based Transmission Systems for Renewables -- Advanced Electrical Machines for Oceanic Wave Energy Conversion -- Wind Energy System with  Matrix Converter -- Matrix Converter Switching and Commutation Strategies for Grid Integration of Distributed Generation -- Control of Renewable Energy Systems.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses a number of important topical technical and non-technical issues related to the global energy, environment and socio-economic developments for professionals and students directly and indirectly involved in the relevant fields. It shows how renewable energy offers solutions to mitigate energy demand and helps achieve a clean environment, and also addresses the lack of a clear vision in the development of technology and a policy to reach the mandatory global renewable energy targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate socio-economic development. The book is structured in such a way that it provides a consistent compilation of fundamental theories, a compendium of current research and development activities as well as new directions to overcome critical limitations; future technologies for power grids and their control, stability and reliability are also presented.