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UNINA9910785585303321 |
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Titolo |
Energy, sustainability, and the environment : technology, incentives, behavior / / edited by Fereidoon P. Sioshansi |
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Burlington, MA : , : Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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1-283-11874-2 |
9786613118745 |
0-12-385137-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (641 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SioshansiFereidoon P (Fereidoon Perry) |
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Disciplina |
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Energies renovables |
Energia - Estalvi - Aspectes socials |
Renewable energy sources |
Energy conservation - Social aspects |
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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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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. |
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"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"-- |
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UNINA9910823856503321 |
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Abraham Itty <1960-> |
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How India became territorial : foreign policy, diaspora, geopolitics / / Itty Abraham |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Asian Security |
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Territory, National - India |
East Indian diaspora |
Geopolitics - India |
India Boundaries |
India Foreign relations |
India Politics and government 1947- |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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