Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; San Diego, CA ; ; Oxford, : Elsevier, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (520 p.)
Disciplina	333.7903
Altri autori (Persone)	ClevelandCutler J MorrisChris
Soggetto topico	Power resources Natural resources
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-62169-9 9786610621699 0-08-045723-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Dictionary of Energy; Special Essays on Important Energy Terms; acid rain (p. 4); agriculture (p. 9); alternative fuel (p. 14); battery (p. 34); biomass (p. 42); blackout (p. 45); boiler (p. 48); bomb calorimeter (p. 49); boom and bust (p. 50); Calvin cycle (p. 61); cap and trade (p. 62); carbon (p. 64); carbon sequestration (p. 67); climate change (p. 79); coal (p. 82); combustion (p. 88); DDT (p. 108); distributed energy (p. 121); ecological energetics (p. 129); ecological footprint (p. 130); elasticity (p. 134); emergy (p. 139); endotherm (p. 142); energy (concept of) (p. 143) energy conservation (p. 143)energy-GDP ratio (p. 145); energy transitions (p. 146); entropy (p. 148); environmental Kuznets curve (p. 150); exergy (p. 156); experience curve (p. 157); fossil energy power plant (p. 172); fuel cell (p. 176); fuel economy (p. 177); general circulation model (p. 184); Ghawar (p. 188); Gibbs free energy (p. 189); global warming (p. 191); green certificate (p. 195); greenhouse gas (p. 196); heat (p. 202); horsepower (p. 212); Hubbert curve (p. 214); hydrogen (p. 218); industrial ecology (p. 226); Industrial Revolution (p. 227); input-output analysis (p. 229) internal-combustion engine (p. 232)IPAT equation (p. 234); Jevons' paradox (p. 239); Krebs cycle (p. 244); Kyoto Protocol (p. 245); levelized cost (p. 252); light (p. 253); longwall mining (p. 261); lunar-solar power (p. 264); market-based instrument (p. 270); market failure (p. 271); Mauna Loa curve (p. 273); natural capital (p. 291); natural gas (p. 292); net energy (p. 295); NIMBY (p. 298); nongovernmental organization (p. 301); ocean energy (p. 306); oil crises (p. 309); oil sand (p. 310); oil spill (p. 311); OPEC (p. 312); Otto cycle (p. 316); passive solar energy (p. 322) peak oil (p. 324)peat (p. 325); perpetual motion (p. 327); photosynthesis (p. 332); primary energy (p. 346); quantum theory (p. 354); radiation (p. 357); recycling (p. 366); refrigeration (p. 369); renewable portfolio standard (p. 372); resource curse (p. 375); restructuring (p. 376); R-value (p. 383); seismic exploration (p. 391); smog (p. 400); sociopolitical collapse (p. 401); solar cell (p. 404); solar thermal energy (p. 408); strip mining (p. 424); supertanker (p. 431); synthetic fuel (p. 434); technological innovation (p. 437); temperature scales (p. 439); thermodynamics (p. 445) tidal energy (p. 449)turbine (p. 460); uranium (p. 467); vertical integration (p. 474); waste-to-energy (p. 478); wells-to-wheels (p. 482); wind farm (p. 486); wood energy (p. 488)
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458483003321

Autore	Iimi Atsushi
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (33 p.)
Collana	IMF Working Papers
Soggetto topico	Economic development - Botswana Natural resources - Botswana - Management Exports and Imports Public Finance Natural Resources Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and Ecological Economics: General Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General Empirical Studies of Trade Trade: General Environmental management International economics Public finance & taxation Natural resources Non-renewable resources Resource management in revenue administration Terms of trade Exports Revenue Economic policy nternational cooperation
ISBN	1-4623-8411-0 1-4527-4711-3 1-283-51321-8 9786613825667 1-4519-0917-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND GOVERNANCE IN BOTSWANA""; ""III. METHODOLOGY""; ""IV. EMPIRICAL RESULTS""; ""V. POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""VI. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910788409203321

Edizione	[1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (X, 338 p. 91 illus., 66 illus. in color.)
Disciplina	333.794
Collana	Lecture Notes in Energy
Soggetto topico	Energy security Sustainable development Natural resources Climate change Renewable energy resources Energy Security Sustainable Development Natural Resource and Energy Economics Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Renewable and Green Energy
ISBN	3-030-43578-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Prologue -- PART I: Dynamics of Energy, Environment and Economy: An Introduction -- PART II: Climate Change, Energy and Economic Dynamics: Trends, Issues, and Perspectives -- PART III: Climate Change, Energy and Economic Dynamics: Towards Sustainable Solutions -- PART IV: Conclusion and Future Directions -- Index of authors -- Index of subjects and topics.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910411936503321

Autore	Craig James R. <1940->
Edizione	[Fourth, Pearson new international edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Harlow, Essex : , : Pearson, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (549 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	333.7
Collana	Always learning
Soggetto topico	Natural resources
ISBN	1-292-05254-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. Introduction and the Origins of Resources -- 2. Minerals: The Foundations of Society -- 3. Plate Tectonics and the Origins of Resources -- 4. History and Environmental Impact of Resource Usage -- 5. Earth Resources Through History -- 6. Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation and Use -- 7. Energy -- 8. Energy from Fossil Fuels -- 9. Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources -- 10. Metals -- 11. Abundant Metals -- 12. The Geochemically Scarce Metals -- 13. Fertilizer, Chemical, Construction, and Industrial Resources -- 14. Fertilizer and Chemical Minerals -- 15. Building Materials and Other Industrial Minerals -- 16. Water and Soil for Life Support -- 17. Soil as a Resource -- 18. Water Resources -- 19. Future Resources -- Appendix: Calendar of Earth Resources Events -- 20. Units and Conversions -- 21. Geochemical Abundances of Selected Elements in Earth's Crust -- 22. Earth Statistics -- 23. Geologic Time Scale -- 24. Color Plates -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910153092803321

Autore	Bunker Stephen G. <1944->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (263 p.)
Disciplina	330.952
Altri autori (Persone)	CiccantellPaul S. <1965->
Collana	Johns Hopkins studies in globalization
Soggetto topico	Industries - Japan - History - 20th century Raw materials - Japan International economic relations - History Globalization Capitalism Natural resources
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8018-9588-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Growth and crisis in the Japanese economy -- Economic ascent and hegemony in the capitalist world-economy -- The MIDAs-steel-ships nexus -- Creating Japan's coal-exporting peripheries -- Replicating Japan's new model in iron ore -- Transporting coal and iron ore -- The restructuring of global markets and the future of the capitalist world-economy.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456290403321