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UNINA9910337589603321 |
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Titolo |
Advances in Sustainable Energy / / edited by Ahmad Vasel, David S-K. Ting |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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1 online resource (216 pages) |
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Lecture Notes in Energy, , 2195-1284 ; ; 70 |
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Renewable energy resources |
Power electronics |
Energy storage |
Energy policy |
Natural resources |
Renewable and Green Energy |
Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks |
Energy Storage |
Energy Policy, Economics and Management |
Natural Resource and Energy Economics |
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Monografia |
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Sustainable Energy: What, Why, and How? -- Wind Energy, The Way Forward -- Solar Energy, The Future Ahead -- Solar Absorption, Absorption, Bubbling Pump Air Conditioning -- Geothermal, Claiming its Fair Share -- Offshore Renewables, No Longer Remote -- Greenhouses of Tomorrow -- Building Façade, Solar and HVAC -- Energy Storage, The Better Half of Future Energy -- Offshore Gardening, Floating Greenhouse, Underwater Vegetation with Fishery -- Water, and its Energy Connection -- What Else is Emerging from the Horizon? |
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This book reveals key challenges to ensuring the secure and sustainable production and use of energy resources, and provides corresponding solutions. It discusses the latest advances in renewable |
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energy generation, and includes studies on climate change and social sustainability. In turn, the book goes beyond theory and describes practical challenges and solutions associated with energy and sustainability. In particular, it addresses: · renewable energy conversion technologies; · transmission, storage and consumption; · green buildings and the green economy; and · waste and recycling. The book presents the current state of knowledge on renewable energy and sustainability, supported by detailed examples and case studies, making it not only a cutting-edge source of information for experts and researchers in the field, but also an educational tool for related undergraduate and graduate courses. . |
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UNINA9910134757703321 |
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Autore |
Mackenzie Caroline |
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Labour Migration in Asia |
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Lanham : , : International Organization for Migration, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 pages) |
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Foreign workers - Economic aspects - Asia |
Asia Emigration and immigration Government policy |
Asia Emigration and immigration Economic aspects |
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With the financial assistance from the United Kingdom Department for International Development,IOM commissioned three studies to assess and identify good practices in the protection ofvulnerable migrant workers and provision of support services. They are reproduced in this, thesecond volume of Labour Migration in Asia. The first volume (2003) examined labour migrationtrends, challenges and policy responses in Asian countries of origin. Both volumes are a compilationof papers |
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prepared for the Ministerial Consultations of Labour Migration in Asia, heldin 2003 and 2004 in Colombo and Manila, respectively, and organized by IOM. |
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