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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. City-regions are
regeneration economies, or in other words, places that are
experiencing on-going processes of recovery, adaptation or
transformation. This Research Agenda provides both a
state-of-the-art review of existing research on city-regions, and
expands on new research approaches. Expert contributors from across
the globe explore key areas of research for reading city-regions,
including: trade, services and people, regional differentiation,
big data, global production networks, governance and policy, and
regional development. The book focuses on developing a more
integrated and systematic approach to reading city-regions as part
of regeneration economics by identifying conceptual and
methodological developments in this field of study. Students in
geography, urban studies and city and regional planning will
greatly benefit from reading this, as it provides a wealth of
stimuli for essays and dissertation topics. Advanced business and
public policy students will also benefit from the focus on
translating research into practice, an approach that this Research
Agenda takes in several chapters. Contributors include: L. Andres,
J.R. Bryson, J. Clark, G.J.D. Hewings, N. Kreston, M. Nathan, P.
Nijkamp, J. Steenbruggen, R.J. Stimson, E. Tranos, A. Weaver, D.
Wojcik, G. Yeung
The environmental challenges of the twenty-first century have
raised profound questions regarding the suitability of
environmental law to manage the many complex issues at hand. This
insightful book considers how the law has adapted to address these
challenges and considers the ways in which it might be used to cope
with environmental risks and uncertainties, whilst also promoting
resilience and greater equality. The book uses a multi-disciplinary
approach to address the compatibility of law with the notions of
risk and resilience, it scrutinises how capable these approaches
are to effect equitable solutions to environmental risks, and it
raises important questions about multi-level and participatory
governance. Key chapters examine a variety of global experiments in
countries such as China and countries in Latin America, to generate
further governance of the environment, improve the available legal
tools and give a voice to more diverse groups. Students and
scholars across a variety of fields such as environmental studies,
socio-legal studies, law, and risk regulation will find this an
stimulating read. Senior policy-makers in central and local
government, regulators and risk managers will also find this book
imperative in their efforts to manage the dilemmas of environmental
control. Contributors include: F.H. Barnes, D. Curran, C. Holley,
B.M. Hutter, C. Ituarte-Lima, T. Johnson, J. McDonald, L. Patton,
O.W. Pedersen, D. Satterthwaite, E. Sofronova, H. Wang
The depletion of fossil fuels is a major issue in energy
generation; hence, biomass and renewable energy sources, especially
bioenergy, are the solution. The dependence on bioenergy has many
benefits to mitigate environmental pollution. It is imperative that
the global society adopts these alternative, sustainable energy
sources in order to mitigate the constant growth of climate change.
Biomass and Bioenergy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation and
Sustainability highlights the challenges of energy conservation and
current scenarios of existing fossil fuel uses along with pollution
potential of burning fossil fuel. It further promotes the
inventory, assessment, and use of biomass, pollution control, and
techniques. This book provides the solution for climate change,
mitigation, and sustainability. Covering topics such as biofuel
policies, economic considerations, and microalgae biofuels, this
premier reference source is an essential resource for environmental
scientists, environmental engineers, government officials, business
leaders, politicians, librarians, students and faculty of higher
education, researchers, and academicians.
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