Energy Analysis A New Public Policy Tool

Author : Martha Gilliland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042972733X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Analysis: A New Public Policy Tool written by Martha Gilliland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of energy analysis is to quantify the energy flows inherent in all systems. As applied to economic systems, it is concerned with the energy flows inherent in the production of goods and services. The claims made for the policy utility of that energy flow information, however, vary across a wide spectrum. The papers included in this symposium volume represent and reflect that spectrum of claims. In setting the stage for these papers, this intro-duction will sketch the areas of agreement and disagreement around which the energy analysis debate revolves. In delineating the nature and substance of the contro-versy over using energy analysis as a policy tool, it is convenient to distinguish between analyses at the micro level and at the macro level. This distinction applies both to the system level at which the analysis is carried out and to the system level to which results are applied. That is, analyses may be carried out for the purpose of comparing two indus-trial processes for producing the same commodity or for the purpose of identifying process changes which would change the energy costs of production (micro analysis) or they may be carried out for the purpose of identifying the contri-bution a technological system set in its environmental context makes to U. S. socioeconomic well-being (macro analysis).

Author : Eric L. Hyman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429711980
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combining Facts And Values In Environmental Impact Assessment written by Eric L. Hyman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988. This book has grown from a research workshop that began at the University of North Carolina under the direction of Maynard Hufschmidt. Professor Hufschmidt's long-held interest in the incorporation of environmental and other social values into benefit-cost analysis led to a research project entitled, "The Role of Environmental Indicators in Water Resource Planning and Policy Development," funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior. That project brought together the authors of this volume for a two-year period during which the groundwork for this book was laid.

Author : Donal D. Hook
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468483781
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecology and Management of Wetlands written by Donal D. Hook and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B.B. Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D. D. Hook and R. M. M. Crawford, Ann Arbor Science, 1978). Several contributors to the book suggested in 1983 that a broad-scoped symposium on wetlands would be useful (a) in facilitating communication among the diverse research groups involved in wetlands research (b) in bringing researchers and managers together and (c) in presenting a com prehensive and balanced coverage on the status of ecology ami management of wetlands from a global perspective. With this encouragement, the senior editor organized a Plan ning Committee that encompassed expertise from many disciplines of wetland scientists and managers. This Committee, with input from their colleagues around the world, organized a symposium that addressed almost every aspect of wetland ecology and management.

Author : R.C. Fluck
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444597816
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy in Farm Production written by R.C. Fluck and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This last volume of the Energy in World Agriculture series is in many ways the series' Alpha and its Omega. It addresses the broad issues related to the use of energy in agricultural production, and also characterizes and quantifies the energy involvements of many agricultural production technologies. It is a compilation of descriptive and analytical information and design principles and data of energy use in this field. A significant aspect is the relationship between energy and agricultural productivity, increased knowledge and resulting improved management of energy-consuming operations on the farm. Information provided here has not been published elsewhere before. Throughout the book are examples of the important role that energy inputs have played in increasing productivity of the world's agricultural systems. Together with a revived interest in energy for agricultural production due to increases in energy costs, this volume meets that interest with valuable information and insights.

Author : Michael E. Kraft
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1506358179
Total Pages : 899 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Policy written by Michael E. Kraft and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 899 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, students come to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives. To encourage critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the federal deficit to health care reform to climate change, authors Michael Kraft and Scott Furlong introduce and fully integrate an evaluative approach to policy. The Sixth Edition of Public Policy offers a fully revised, concise review of institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models as well as a discussion of the nature of policy analysis and its practice. Both the exposition and data have been updated to reflect major policy controversies and developments through the end of 2016, including new priorities of the Donald Trump administration.

Author : William W. Braham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135953732
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture and Energy written by William W. Braham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects and architectural theorists with more durable arguments for environmental design decisions, arguments addressing three different scales or aspects of contemporary construction. By drawing together essays from the leading experts in the field, this book engages with crucial issues in sustainable design, such as: The larger role of energy in forming the cultural and economic systems in which architecture is conceived, constructed, and evaluated The different measures and meanings of energy "performance" and how those measures are realized in buildings The specific ways in which energy use translates into the visible aspects of architectural style. Drawing on research from the UK, US, Europe, and Asia the book outlines the problems surrounding energy and architecture and provides the reader with a considered overview of this important topic.

Author : Herman E Daly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429704690
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy, Economics, And The Environment written by Herman E Daly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of the problem of providing economics with a biophysical foundation, explains the importance of energy in economic valuation and aims to develop novel ways of evaluating the physical constraints of our planet and the services provided by the natural environment.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
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Download or read book Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book NASA SP-7500 written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Baird
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351080148
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Performance Buildings written by George Baird and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the concerns of everyone involved with the use of energy in buildings. It is written principle for those with a direct professional interest in the energy performance of buildings.