2012, ISBN: 9788125043997

Van Nostrand Reinhold:, 1978. 218 pages, illustrated. "This volume thoroughly evaluates the possibilites and problems of photovoltaic energy conversion, along with the technical, ec… More...

Van Nostrand Reinhold:, 1978. 218 pages, illustrated. "This volume thoroughly evaluates the possibilites and problems of photovoltaic energy conversion, along with the technical, economic and institutional factors governing its use in large-scale electric power systems. FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.. First printing. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Van Nostrand Reinhold:, 1978, APH Publishing Corporation, 1999. Hardcover. New. Contents: I. INTRODUCTION II. DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY : 1. Solar Energy 2. Biomass Energy 3. Wind Energy 4. Nuclear Energy 5. Hydropower 6. Tidal, Wave, and Ocean Thermal Energy 7. Geothermal Energy 8. Hydrogen Energy III. Fossil ENERGY : 1. Coal 2. Petrol IV. PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY CONVERSION V. ENERGY Economics : 1. Cost of Material from Energy Consideration 2. Energy-in and Energy-out Analysis 3. Break-even Point Calculation 4. Pay-back Period Calculation 5. Cost Benefit Analysis 6. Life Cycle Costing 7. Prospective Rate of Return 8. Economics of Energy Conversion Processes VI. MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY & POWER : 1. Power & Energy Measuring Devices 2. Electricity Control & Measurement 3. Units and Conversion Factors for Energy Management VII. PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY CONSERVATION : 1. Energy Losses in Transmission 2. Industrial Energy Conservation 3. Energy Conservation in Transport System 4. Energy Conservation in Buildings by Solar Architecture 5. Energy Conservation in Agricultures VIII. ENERGY MANAGEMENT : 1. Energy Management in Buildings (HVAC System) 2. Energy Management in Lighting Systems 3. Management of Energy in Process Industry 4. Application of Computer in Energy Management IX. ENERGY PLANNING : 1. Nature & Implications of Energy Planning 2. Selection of Appropriate Technology 3. Principles of Energy Cascading 4. Central Tax Planning on Energy Issues 5. Micro and Macro Planning by Computer Models 6. Energy Planning Strategy in India-A Case Study X. ENERGY AND Environment : 1. Energy use & its Effect on Environment & Ecology 2. Health Hazard Limit & Pollution Monitoring Devices 3. Economics of Energy Generation Pollution Control Systems 4. Strategies & Role of Government Printed Pages: 220., APH Publishing Corporation, 1999, APH Publishing Corporation, 1999. Hardcover. New. Contents: I. INTRODUCTION II. DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY : 1. Solar Energy 2. Biomass Energy 3. Wind Energy 4. Nuclear Energy 5. Hydropower 6. Tidal, Wave, and Ocean Thermal Energy 7. Geothermal Energy 8. Hydrogen Energy III. Fossil ENERGY : 1. Coal 2. Petrol IV. PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY CONVERSION V. ENERGY Economics : 1. Cost of Material from Energy Consideration 2. Energy-in and Energy-out Analysis 3. Break-even Point Calculation 4. Pay-back Period Calculation 5. Cost Benefit Analysis 6. Life Cycle Costing 7. Prospective Rate of Return 8. Economics of Energy Conversion Processes VI. MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY & POWER : 1. Power & Energy Measuring Devices 2. Electricity Control & Measurement 3. Units and Conversion Factors for Energy Management VII. PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY CONSERVATION : 1. Energy Losses in Transmission 2. Industrial Energy Conservation 3. Energy Conservation in Transport System 4. Energy Conservation in Buildings by Solar Architecture 5. Energy Conservation in Agricultures VIII. ENERGY MANAGEMENT : 1. Energy Management in Buildings (HVAC System) 2. Energy Management in Lighting Systems 3. Management of Energy in Process Industry 4. Application of Computer in Energy Management IX. ENERGY PLANNING : 1. Nature & Implications of Energy Planning 2. Selection of Appropriate Technology 3. Principles of Energy Cascading 4. Central Tax Planning on Energy Issues 5. Micro and Macro Planning by Computer Models 6. Energy Planning Strategy in India-A Case Study X. ENERGY AND Environment : 1. Energy use & its Effect on Environment & Ecology 2. Health Hazard Limit & Pollution Monitoring Devices 3. Economics of Energy Generation Pollution Control Systems 4. Strategies & Role of Government Printed Pages: 220., APH Publishing Corporation, 1999, Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2012. Hardcover. New. 15 x 24 cm. Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity`s survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out political contestations, overlooking access as a legitimate focus for academic debates as well as policies and interventions? Theoretical and empirical chapters by leading academics and scholar-activists grapple with these issues by questioning scarcity`s taken-for-granted nature. They examine scarcity debates across three of the most important resources - food, water and energy - and their implications for theory, institutional arrangements, policy responses and innovation systems. The book looks at how scarcity has emerged as a totalizing discourse in both the North and South. The `scare` of scarcity has led to scarcity emerging as a political strategy for powerful groups. Aggregate numbers and physical quantities are trusted, while local knowledges and experiences of scarcity that identify problems more accurately and specifically are ignored. Science and technology are expected to provide `solutions`, but such expectations embody a multitude of unexamined assumptions about the nature of the `problem`, about the technologies and about the institutional arrangements put forward as a `fix.` Through this examination the authors demonstrate that scarcity is not a natural condition: the problem lies in how we see scarcity and the ways in which it is socially generated. Tables of Contents:- List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Foreword by Steve Rayner Preface to the South Asian Edition List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Lyla Mehta Part I Why Does Scarcity Matter? Commentary Lyla Mehta The Scare, Naturalization and Politicization of Scarcity Lyla Mehta Everybody’s Got the Fever: Scarcity and US National Energy Policy Nicholas Xenos The Ghosts of Malthus: Narratives and Mobilizations of Scarcity in the US Political Context Betsy Hartmann Part II Economics and Scarcity Commentary Lyla Mehta Economics and Scarcity: With Amartya Sen as Point of Departure? Ben Fine Deconstructing Economic Interpretations of Sustainable Development: Limits, Scarcity and Abundance Fred Luks Water Can and Ought to Run Freely: Reflections on the Notion of ‘Scarcity’ in Economics Sajay Samuel and Jean Robert A Bit of the Other: Why Scarcity Isn’t All It’s Cracked up to Be Michael Thompson Part III Resource Scarcity, Institutional Arrangements and Policy Responses: Food, Agriculture, Water and Energy Commentary Lyla Mehta ‘Scarcity’ as Political Strategy: Reflections on Three Hanging Children Nicholas Hildyard Seeing Scarcity: Understanding Soil Fertility in Africa Ian Scoones Chronic Hunger: A Problem of Scarcity or Inequity: Erik Millstone A Share Response to Water Scarcity: Moving beyond the Volumetric Bruce Lankford Advocacy of Water Scarcity: Leakages in the Argument Jasveen Jairath The Construction and Destruction of Scarcity in Development: Water and Power Experiences in Nepal Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit Afterword: Look beyond Scarcity? Lyla Mehta Appendix: Institute of Development Studies Conference Statement on Scarcity Index Printed Pages: 300., Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2012<

2012, ISBN: 9788125043997

Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2012. Hardcover. New. 15 x 24 cm. Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used… More...

Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2012. Hardcover. New. 15 x 24 cm. Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity`s survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out political contestations, overlooking access as a legitimate focus for academic debates as well as policies and interventions? Theoretical and empirical chapters by leading academics and scholar-activists grapple with these issues by questioning scarcity`s taken-for-granted nature. They examine scarcity debates across three of the most important resources - food, water and energy - and their implications for theory, institutional arrangements, policy responses and innovation systems. The book looks at how scarcity has emerged as a totalizing discourse in both the North and South. The `scare` of scarcity has led to scarcity emerging as a political strategy for powerful groups. Aggregate numbers and physical quantities are trusted, while local knowledges and experiences of scarcity that identify problems more accurately and specifically are ignored. Science and technology are expected to provide `solutions`, but such expectations embody a multitude of unexamined assumptions about the nature of the `problem`, about the technologies and about the institutional arrangements put forward as a `fix.` Through this examination the authors demonstrate that scarcity is not a natural condition: the problem lies in how we see scarcity and the ways in which it is socially generated. Tables of Contents:- List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Foreword by Steve Rayner Preface to the South Asian Edition List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Lyla Mehta Part I Why Does Scarcity Matter? Commentary Lyla Mehta The Scare, Naturalization and Politicization of Scarcity Lyla Mehta Everybody’s Got the Fever: Scarcity and US National Energy Policy Nicholas Xenos The Ghosts of Malthus: Narratives and Mobilizations of Scarcity in the US Political Context Betsy Hartmann Part II Economics and Scarcity Commentary Lyla Mehta Economics and Scarcity: With Amartya Sen as Point of Departure? Ben Fine Deconstructing Economic Interpretations of Sustainable Development: Limits, Scarcity and Abundance Fred Luks Water Can and Ought to Run Freely: Reflections on the Notion of ‘Scarcity’ in Economics Sajay Samuel and Jean Robert A Bit of the Other: Why Scarcity Isn’t All It’s Cracked up to Be Michael Thompson Part III Resource Scarcity, Institutional Arrangements and Policy Responses: Food, Agriculture, Water and Energy Commentary Lyla Mehta ‘Scarcity’ as Political Strategy: Reflections on Three Hanging Children Nicholas Hildyard Seeing Scarcity: Understanding Soil Fertility in Africa Ian Scoones Chronic Hunger: A Problem of Scarcity or Inequity: Erik Millstone A Share Response to Water Scarcity: Moving beyond the Volumetric Bruce Lankford Advocacy of Water Scarcity: Leakages in the Argument Jasveen Jairath The Construction and Destruction of Scarcity in Development: Water and Power Experiences in Nepal Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit Afterword: Look beyond Scarcity? Lyla Mehta Appendix: Institute of Development Studies Conference Statement on Scarcity Index Printed Pages: 300., Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2012<

2011, ISBN: 8125043993

[EAN: 9788125043997], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Orient Blackswan], 103539, Contents List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Foreword by Steve Rayner Preface to the South Asian Edit… More...

[EAN: 9788125043997], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Orient Blackswan], 103539, Contents List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Foreword by Steve Rayner Preface to the South Asian Edition List of Acronyms and Abbreviations IntroductionLyla Mehta Part I Why Does Scarcity Matter CommentaryLyla Mehta 1 The Scare Naturalization and Politicization of ScarcityLyla Mehta 2 Everybody?s Got the Fever Scarcity and US National Energy PolicyNicholas Xenos The Ghosts of Malthus Narratives and Mobilizations of Scarcity in the US Political ContextBetsy Hartmann Part II Economics and Scarcity CommentaryLyla Mehta 1 Economics and Scarcity With Amartya Sen as Point of DepartureBen Fine 2 Deconstructing Economic Interpretations of Sustainable Development Limits Scarcity and AbundanceFred Luks 3 Water Can and Ought to Run Freely Reflections on the Notion of Scarcity in EconomicsSajay Samuel and Jean Robert 4 A Bit of the Other Why Scarcity Isn?t All It?s Cracked up to BeMichael Thompson Part III  Resource Scarcity Institutional Arrangements and Policy Responses Food Agriculture Water and Energy CommentaryLyla Mehta 1 Scarcity as Political Strategy Reflections on Three Hanging ChildrenNicholas Hildyard 2 Seeing Scarcity Understanding Soil Fertility in AfricaIan Scoones 3 Chronic Hunger A Problem of Scarcity or InequityErik Millstone 4 A Share Response to Water Scarcity Moving beyond the VolumetricBruce Lankford 5 Advocacy of Water Scarcity Leakages in the ArgumentJasveen Jairath 6 The Construction and Destruction of Scarcity in Development Water and Power Experiences in NepalDipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit Afterword Look beyond ScarcityLyla Mehta Appendix Institute of Development Studies Conference Statement on Scarcity IndexScarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanitys survival on the planet It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing food water or oil But has the conception of scarcity been politicized naturalized and universalized in academic and policy debates Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out political contestations overlooking access as a legitimate focus for academic debates as well as policies and interventionsTheoretical and empirical chapters by leading academics and scholar-activists grapple with these issues by questioning scarcitys taken-for-granted nature They examine scarcity debates across three of the most important resources - food water and energy - and their implications for theory institutional arrangements policy responses and innovation systems The book looks at how scarcity has emerged as a totalizing discourse in both the North and South The scare of scarcity has led to scarcity emerging as a political strategy for powerful groups Aggregate numbers and physical quantities are trusted while local knowledges and experiences of scarcity that identify problems more accurately and specifically are ignored Science and technology are expected to provide solutions but such expectations embody a multitude of unexamined assumptions about the nature of the problem about the technologies and about the institutional arrangements put forward as a fix Through this examination the authors demonstrate that scarcity is not a natural condition the problem lies in how we see scarcity and the ways in which it is socially generated 300 pp., Books<