1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785585303321

Titolo

Energy, sustainability, and the environment : technology, incentives, behavior / / edited by Fereidoon P. Sioshansi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA : , : Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-11874-2

9786613118745

0-12-385137-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SioshansiFereidoon P (Fereidoon Perry)

Disciplina

333.791/6

Soggetti

Energies renovables

Energia - Estalvi - Aspectes socials

Renewable energy sources

Energy conservation - Social aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface About the contributors Introduction Part 1: Challenge of sustainability Part 2: Technological fixes Part 3: Case studies Epilogue: Towards sustainable living Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols. An easy to read and understand guide, Sioshansi, along with an international group of contributors, moves through the maze of carbon reduction methods and technologies, providing steps and insights to meet carbon reduction requirements and maintaining the health and welfare of the firm"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823856503321

Autore

Abraham Itty <1960->

Titolo

How India became territorial : foreign policy, diaspora, geopolitics / / Itty Abraham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8047-9268-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Studies in Asian Security

Disciplina

327.54

Soggetti

Territory, National - India

East Indian diaspora

Geopolitics - India

India Boundaries

India Foreign relations

India Politics and government 1947-

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Territory and Foreign Policy -- 2 A Brief International History of the Nation-State -- 3 Diaspora as Foreign Policy -- 4 Geopolitics as Foreign Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why do countries go to war over disputed lands? Why do they fight even when the territories in question are economically and strategically worthless? Drawing on critical approaches to international relations, political geography, international law, and social history, and based on a close examination of the Indian experience during the 20th century, Itty Abraham addresses these important questions and offers a new conceptualization of foreign policy as a state territorializing practice.Identifying the contested process of decolonization as the root of contemporary Asian inter-state territorial