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This incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between
energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the
context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination
of current research in the field from fifty expert international
contributors, it offers important insights into the
inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy
system and the changing structures of society. Structured in four
thematic parts, the Research Handbook begins with an analysis of
the evolution of large-scale energy production and consumption
using coal, oil and gas. Chapters then explore social divisions and
inequalities in energy systems in different countries, before
moving on to discuss energy governance, policy and politics, along
with strategies to achieve transformation. In the final part, the
Research Handbook investigates forms of knowledge, stories and
public engagement being used to re-make energy futures, concluding
that social sciences are identifying the inter-locking societal and
technical changes needed to enable rapid systemic changes in
energy. The Research Handbook on Energy and Society will be a
crucial resource for social science scholars and students
interested in the intersections of energy, climate change and
society, including aspects of governance, policy and politics,
social identity, social justice and inequalities.
Biodiversity is the delicate ecological balance within biological
systems such as species and populations. Evidence suggests air
pollution disrupts and impoverishes ecosysytems processes, and
genetic and population diversity. Based on a symposium conducted by
the EPA's Environmental Research Laboratory, this book pulls
together current knowledge on the subject, assesses its relevance,
and offers a framework for future research on the impact of air
pollution on biodiversity through all levels of biological
organization. This text is particularly timely due to acid rain and
other toxic problems. The text also discusses the best available
control technology, management practices, alternative chemicals,
and legislative ways to reduce the impact of air pollution on
biodiversity.
Minimising the most severe risks of climate change means ending
societal dependence on fossil fuels, and radically improving the
efficiency with which we use all energy sources. Such deliberate
transformative change is, however, without precedent. Sustainable
Urban Energy Policy debates the major public issue of developing a
sustainable, clean and affordable energy system by adopting a
distinctive focus on heating in cities. In this way, the book
constructs an original account of clean energy policy, politics and
provision, grounded in new empirical data derived from case studies
of urban and multi-level governance of sustainable heat and energy
saving in the UK and Europe. Offering an original conceptual
framework, this study builds on socio-technical studies, economic
and urban sociology, human geography, applied economics and policy
studies in order to understand energy governance and systemic
change in energy provisions. This book is a valuable resource for
students and academics in the areas of Science and Technology
Studies, Sociology, Geography (Urban Studies) and Political Economy
as well as energy policy makers, social housing providers and
energy practitioners.
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2019 When Les and Chris
Humphreys moved to Ardnamurchan 15 years ago, little did they
realise they would be sharing their home with some of Britain's
most elusive and misunderstood mustelids. Amongst all the animals
and birds that visit their garden, they have formed a special bond
with numerous pine martens, and have studied them and a cast of
other creatures at close range through direct observation and via
sensor-operated cameras. Naturalist and photographer Polly Pullar
has known the Humphreys and their pine martens for many years. In
this book she tells the remarkable story of the couple and their
animal friends, interpolating it with natural history, anecdote and
her own experiences of the wildlife of the area. The result is a
fascinating glimpse into the life of a much misunderstood animal
and a passionate portrait of one of Scotland's richest habitats -
the oakwoods of Scotland's Atlantic seaboard.
Minimising the most severe risks of climate change means ending
societal dependence on fossil fuels, and radically improving the
efficiency with which we use all energy sources. Such deliberate
transformative change is, however, without precedent. Sustainable
Urban Energy Policy debates the major public issue of developing a
sustainable, clean and affordable energy system by adopting a
distinctive focus on heating in cities. In this way, the book
constructs an original account of clean energy policy, politics and
provision, grounded in new empirical data derived from case studies
of urban and multi-level governance of sustainable heat and energy
saving in the UK and Europe. Offering an original conceptual
framework, this study builds on socio-technical studies, economic
and urban sociology, human geography, applied economics and policy
studies in order to understand energy governance and systemic
change in energy provisions. This book is a valuable resource for
students and academics in the areas of Science and Technology
Studies, Sociology, Geography (Urban Studies) and Political Economy
as well as energy policy makers, social housing providers and
energy practitioners.
Biodiversity is the delicate ecological balance within biological
systems such as species and populations. Evidence suggests air
pollution disrupts and impoverishes ecosysytems processes, and
genetic and population diversity. Based on a symposium conducted by
the EPA's Environmental Research Laboratory, this book pulls
together current knowledge on the subject, assesses its relevance,
and offers a framework for future research on the impact of air
pollution on biodiversity through all levels of biological
organization. This text is particularly timely due to acid rain and
other toxic problems. The text also discusses the best available
control technology, management practices, alternative chemicals,
and legislative ways to reduce the impact of air pollution on
biodiversity.
Photochemical oxidants are secondary air pollutants formed under
the influence of sunlight by complex photochemical reactions in air
which contains nitrogen oxides and reactive hydrocarbons as
precursors. The most adverse components formed by photochemical
reactions in polluted air are ozone (0 ) 3 and peroxyacetyl nitrate
(PAN), among many other products such as aldehydes, ketones,
organic and inorganic acids, nitrates, sulfates etc. An analysis
and evaluation of the available knowledge has been used to
characterize the relationships among emissions, ambient air
concentrations, and effects, and to identify the important
controlling influences on the formation and effects of
photochemical oxidants. The biological activity of photochemical
oxidants was first clearly manifested during the early 1940's, when
vegetation injury was observed in the Los Angeles Basin in the
United States. Since that time, as a consequence of the increasing
emissions of photochemical oxidant precursors, the photochemical
oxidants have become the most important air pollutants in North
America. In other parts of the world, for example South and Central
America, Asia, and Australia, photo chemical oxidants threaten
vegetation, particularly the economic and ecological performance of
plant life. According to my knowledge, the first observations of
ozone and PAN injury to vegetation in Europe were made by Dr. Ellis
F. Darley (Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, University of
California, Riverside, California) during a study visit (1963/64)
to the Federal Republic of Germany."
During late 1985, the Research Management Committee (RMC) of the
National Crop Loss Assessment Network (NCLAN) decided the most ap
propriate way to bring the NCLAN program to a successful conclusion
was to hold an international conference. It was envisaged as an
opportunity to present an overview of results from the NCLAN
program and as a chance to view the results in the context of
ongoing research by members of the international community. *
Although we wanted the Conference to have an assessment
orientation, it was also intended for the Conference to focus on
current state-of-knowledge. The Conference was designed to overview
the needs of crop loss assessment, current approaches to
assessment, progress in the development of predictive models, the
use of the information for economic predictions, and the
application of the data in policy decisions. Every effort was made
to assure a broad representation of ideas. The Conference program
was developed to evaluate major issues that address
regional/national assessments of impacts of atmospheric pollutants
on agricultural production. Sessions were structured to address
specific issues by invited speakers, and by contributed papers and
posters. First, background needs for doing loss assessment research
including specific approaches and a rather detailed review of the
NCLAN program were addressed (Session I). Session II addressed the
needs for defining the exposure environment (e. g. extrapolating to
regional concentrations and exposure characterization). Field
approaches for determining crop loss were reviewed in Session III."
Team Jamie or Team Jinx? Which handsome hunk will Lucky choose -
once she's dealt with the demon assassin on her trail, that is?
Lucky's always known about her own psychic powers - after all, her
closest friend is a ghost - but she knows nothing of her long-dead
family . . . until a daemonic assassin brings a message that drags
both Kayla and Lucky down to the Underlands - and into the
political fight for the daemon king's throne. Lucky's determined to
find her way home, but Jinx and Jamie have both marked her - and
now she's not sure she even wants to escape the loving attentions
of her handsome winged Guardian and her devilishly charming horned
Deathbringer. And if she stays, she might just find out who she
really is . . . 'Reads like the Sookie Stackhouse series combined
with the sinister undertones of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere' says
Booklist.
Get lost in the Underlands in this 'gripping and tantalisingly sexy
read.' Holdfast Magazine on Marked. Perfect for fans of Deborah
Harkness, Laini Taylor and Anne Bishop. Lucky de Salle was dragged
into the Underlands against her will, but there she found a whole
new world - and a whole new life. She always knew she was psychic,
but discovering her ghostly best friend was in fact her demon
half-sister - and she herself is half-demon - came as a shock.
Falling in love with two men wasn't in her game plan either, but
that's working out brilliantly. Or it was . . . but now Jinx the
Deathbringer has been kidnapped by Lucky's enemies, who intend to
use his powers to destroy the worlds above and below. And Jamie has
tried to use his own powers to control her, destroying her trust in
him. Now Jamie and his fellow Guardians have been ordered to bring
Jinx back in - dead or alive - before he can rain destruction down
upon the earth. If Lucky is to save him, and forgive Jamie, she'll
have to learn to use her own burgeoning powers - and fast! Bound is
the third and final book in the Soulseer Chronicles by Sue Tingey.
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