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UNINA9910465459903321 |
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Autore |
Giampietro M (Mario) |
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Titolo |
Energy analysis for a sustainable future : multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism / / Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi, and Alevgul H. Sorman |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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0-203-10799-3 |
1-299-27929-5 |
1-136-26401-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MayumiKozo <1954-> |
SormanAlevgul H |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Energy consumption - Forecasting |
Climate change mitigation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Defining the problem -- pt. 2. Proposing a solution. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The vast majority of the countries of the world are now facing an imminent energy crisis, particularly the USA, China, India, Japan and EU countries, but also developing countries having to boost their economic growth precisely when more powerful economies will prevent them from using the limited supply of fossil energy.Despite this crisis, current protocols of energy accounting have been developed for dealing with fossil energy exclusively and are therefore not useful for the analysis of alternative energy sources. The first part of the book illustrates the weakness of existing anal |
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