Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean / / edited by Barry D. Solomon, Robert Bailis
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| Titolo: |
Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean / / edited by Barry D. Solomon, Robert Bailis
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.7 |
| 333.79 | |
| 333.9539098 | |
| 338.927 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Sustainable development |
| Renewable energy resources | |
| Energy policy | |
| Environmental management | |
| Sustainable Development | |
| Renewable and Green Energy | |
| Energy Policy, Economics and Management | |
| Environmental Management | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SolomonBarry D |
| BailisRobert | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- International Sustainability Standards and Certification -- Brazil: Ethanol -- Brazil: Biodiesel -- Argentina -- Peru -- Colombia -- Guatemala -- Mexico -- The Caribbean -- Conclusions -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines recent developments in Latin American biofuel production. Taking “sustainable development” as a central theme, each chapter considers one country in the region and explores how biofuel production is evolving given concerns about food sovereignty, trade and other social issues. Environmental conservation, as well as an increasingly complex and globalized economic structure, Is also taken into account. The contributions to this volume critically explore the ways in which biofuel production in Latin America impact social, economic and environmental systems: the so-called “three pillars of sustainability". Numerous stakeholders, drawn from government, industry, civil society and academia have attempted to define “Sustainable Development” in the context of biofuel production and to operationalize it through a series of principles, criteria, and highly specific indicators. Nevertheless, it remains a fluid and contested concept with deep political and social ramifications, which each chapter explores in detail. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ISBN: | 1-4614-9275-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910298366303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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