Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis
Author: A Deeper Shade of Green
Author: Johann BernhardtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It is estimated that the building sector uses roughly half of all the energy generated in this country, a very high proportion of materials and creates huge volumes of landfill wastes. This means that to make a difference we need to look at how we build, how we can reduce energy use and costs, how we future proof our buildings and minimise their carbon footprint. This book is the first comprehensive step in providing assistance for all of us to make a difference to our environment and to lead more comfortable, cost efficient and sustainable lives within the buildings we inhabit.
Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region
Author: Bryan R. JenkinsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9402412131
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The book is designed to achieve two major purposes. The first is to describe the developments in water management policy in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The strategic approach, the collaborative engagement, and, the nested adaptive systems approach represent a paradigm shift in water management in New Zealand. The second is to delineate the sustainability framework that underpins the Canterbury approach. The framework is based on the concept of developing sustainability strategies to address critical failure pathways. While the focus of the book is on Canterbury, comparative applications of the framework to issues in other parts of New Zealand and international issues are proposed. The book can be used in at least two ways. The first is the application of a sustainability framework to the management of water in Canterbury region. The second is the exposition of a sustainability framework that can be applied to the management of water in a region with the application to Canterbury as an illustrative case study.
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis
Author: Environment and Employment
Author: Philip LawnPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134060378
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a trade-off exists between environmental goals and employment goals, yet this trade-off has been largely ignored or denied. This book aims to resolve the environment-employment dilemma by suggesting ways and means to achieve low rates of unemployment, or preferably full employment, in the context of a low-growth or steady-state economy. In search of a solution to this dilemma, this book seeks to answer the following questions: What existing paradigms offer a possible foundation for further investigation into issues dealing with both the environment and employment? What specific initiatives can be implemented to deal with unemployment given that any potential solution must be consistent with responsible macroeconomic policy? To what extent can ecological tax reform provide a solution to the environment-employment dilemma? Under what circumstances is it clear that certain forms of employment generation are antithetic to the goal of ecological sustainability? How can more favourable employment-generating opportunities be exploited in ways which lower unemployment or achieve full employment without the need for ecologically-destructive GDP growth? This book will no doubt stimulate a broader discussion on the issue, and it may just begin a process that leads to the eventual emergence of a viable policy strategy to generate a sustainable, full employment future. This book will be of interest to decision-makers, civil servants, researchers, and NGO employees as well as students of environmental and ecological economics and issues related to employment and unemployment.
Report of the Ministry of Energy
Author: New Zealand. Ministry of EnergyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Caribbean Development in the New Multipolar World Order
Author: Dennis C. CanterburyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100043155X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
It will appeal to scholars of sociology and development studies with interests in the Caribbean region and world order.
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. ParliamentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Energy Performance Buildings
Author: George BairdPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351080148
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
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.