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Biofuels and the globalization of risk [[electronic resource] ] : the biggest change in the North-South releationships since colonialism? / / James Smith
| Biofuels and the globalization of risk [[electronic resource] ] : the biggest change in the North-South releationships since colonialism? / / James Smith |
| Autore | Smith James, Ph. D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.9539 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy - Political aspects
Biomass energy - Government policy Biomass energy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-022-1
1-282-91626-2 9786612916267 1-84813-573-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About the author; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; ONE | Introduction: perfect storms; Biofuelled futures; Globalizing technology and risk; Global assemblages; Organization of the book; TWO | Science: biofuels, yesterday and tomorrow; Energy revolution redux; Biofuels - early history; Biofuels 101; Brazil and bioethanol; Biofuels and the United States; Jatropha and India; Tanzania, land and biofuels; Later-generation biofuels; The black box of biorefineries; From the past to the future; THREE | Systems: complexity and knowledge; Capturing complexity; Setting boundaries; Life-cycle analyses
Dealing with uncertainties 'Energy return on investment'; Flawed analyses; Emissions and land-use change; Opportunity costs: indirect land-use change; Limited data and flawed accounting; Complexities of certification; Connecting biofuels and food security; Limits to knowledge, unlimited implications?; FOUR | Synergy: networks and interests; Assembling biofuels; Energy and (over)development; Beyond oil; The sustained failure of agriculture; Actors, discourses and debates; Actors and networks; The politics of governments and governance; The politics of governments and governance The power of converging interests Sustaining agricultural research; Sustaining unsustainability; Reconfiguring global land use; Lusophone connections; Reaching across the Indian Ocean; Sustaining over-consumption; Global biofuel assemblages; Calibrating change; FIVE | Scale: solutions and risks; Global-local dialectics; Can biofuels be pro-poor?; Indonesia, Malaysia and oil palm planting; Malian small-scale solutions?; Kenya - striking a balance; Scale and perspective; The global reach of biofuels; SIX | Sustainability? The globalization of risk; Scale and scope; Causes and effects Assembling biofuels Science; Systems; Synergy; Scale; Sustainability?; The globalization of risk; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459491803321 |
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| London, : Zed, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biofuels and the globalization of risk : the biggest change in the North-South releationships since colonialism? / / James Smith
| Biofuels and the globalization of risk : the biggest change in the North-South releationships since colonialism? / / James Smith |
| Autore | Smith James, Ph. D. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.9539 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy - Political aspects
Biomass energy - Government policy Biomass energy |
| ISBN |
1-350-21866-9
1-78032-022-1 1-282-91626-2 9786612916267 1-84813-573-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword Introduction: Perfect Storms -- 1. Science -- 2. Systems -- 3. Synergies -- 4. Scale -- 5. Sustainability? -- 6. Globalising Risk. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818894703321 |
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Smith James, Ph. D.
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| London, : Zed, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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