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Autore: | Clancy Joy. |
Titolo: | Biofuels and rural poverty / / Joy Clancy |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.95/39 |
Soggetto topico: | Biomass energy - Economic aspects |
Biomass energy - Social aspects | |
Biomass energy - Environmental aspects | |
Energy policy | |
Rural poor | |
Poverty - Government policy | |
Equality | |
Social justice | |
North and south | |
Note generali: | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Energy and Rural Poverty -- The Impacts of Large-Scale Biofuel Production in Rural Communities -- How Does Large-Scale Liquid Biofuel Production Affect Socio-Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Services? -- Liquid Biofuel Production and Rural Communities' Food Security -- Do Liquid Biofuels Address Rural Energy and Poverty Issues? -- Can Biofuels Be Made Pro-Poor?. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. ? Three key concerns are examined from a North-South perspective: ecological issues (related to land use and biodiversity), pro-poor policies (related to food and land security, gender and income generation) and equity of benefits within the global value cha |
Titolo autorizzato: | Biofuels and rural poverty |
ISBN: | 1-136-46929-X |
0-203-12847-8 | |
1-283-97244-1 | |
1-136-46930-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818403203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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