Public acceptance of renewable energies – an empirical investigation across countries and technologies
Author: Schumacher, Kira
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2019-10-29
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 3731509482
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Schumacher, Kira
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2019-10-29
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 3731509482
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Susana Batel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-08-25
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 3030736997
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a critical approach to research on the social acceptance of renewable energy infrastructures and on energy transitions in general by questioning prevalent principles and proposing specific research pathways and lines of inquiry that look beyond depoliticised, business-as-usual discourses and research agendas on green growth and sustainability. It brings together authors from different socio-geographical and disciplinary backgrounds within the social sciences to reflect upon, discuss and advance what we propose to be five cornerstones of a critical approach: overcoming individualism and socio-cognitivism; repoliticisations – recognising and articulating power relations; for interdisciplinarity; interventions – praxis and political engagement with research; and overcoming localism and spatial determinism: As such, this book offers academics, students and practitioners alike a comprehensive perspective of what it means to be critical when inquiring into the social acceptance of renewable energy and associated infrastructures.
Author: Raphael J. Heffron
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2024-01-07
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 3031462823
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This open access book focuses on the energy sector and will make a significant contribution to its continued evolution. For many years, the energy sector has been missing a raison d’etre and now finally there are increased calls for that to be justice. Hence, this book will develop the concept of energy justice and how it needs to be formalised in a new ‘social contract’ with all stakeholders in society. The focus will be on improving legal systems at local, national and international levels while ensuring that justice is a core issue within energy law, the legal system and more broadly in society.
Author: Silvia Hostettler
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-07-08
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 331920209X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presenting the best papers of the 3rd EPFL-UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development, this publication offers a valuable collection of innovative case studies exploring access to energy and renewable energy technologies in the Global South. It investigates the key determinants for successfully providing energy to resource-poor communities and examines a wide range of technologies for energy production, distribution, storage and efficient use. Taken together, these case studies deal with the entire life cycle of products and solutions, as well as the complete value chain including all relevant stake holders. The collection also draws upon empirical research conducted in Africa and South America to present critical perspectives on women’s access to technologies in the renewable sector. This publication serves as a bridge between engineers, economists and other scientists involved in research on the interface between technology and human, social and economic development. It also provides a valuable resource to academics and researchers of the natural sciences, computer science, information management, quantitative social sciences and business studies.
Author: Lüttenberg, Markus
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2023-11-13
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 3731513110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Companies can be valuable partners in delivering essential goods but must be appropriately motivated to participate in humanitarian crisis management. This work provides valuable insights into the status of humanitarian crisis management from the perspective of different stakeholders. It shows the potential of collaborative approaches, addressing the strengths and incentives of stakeholders accordingly.
Author: Klein, Miriam Isabelle
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2022-11-07
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 3731511959
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years, disaster events spreading across national borders have increased, which requires improved collaboration between countries. By means of an agent-based simulation and an empirical study, this thesis provides valuable insights for decision-makers in order to overcome barriers in cross-border cooperation and thus, enhance borderland resilience for future events. Finally, implications for today's world in terms of globalization versus emerging nationalism are discussed.
Author: Burkhardt, Mariana
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2021-02-16
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 3731510200
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Considering the increasing importance of natural disaster events it is inevitable to also focus on their impacts on supply chains as well as their performance impacts on them. The developed approach SCperformND (Supply Chain performance impact assessment of Natural Disasters) demonstrates a methodology to assess those impacts and gives implications for supply chain designs and procurement decisions.
Author: Diehlmann, Florian
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2022-03-29
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 3731511207
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The delivery of essential goods to beneficiaries in the aftermath of a disaster is one of the main objectives of relief logistics. Thereby, the present work aims to improve relief logistics by improving the location selection of warehouses, distribution centers, and points of distribution. Consequently, it offers the potential to significantly improve the distribution of goods in the aftermath of future disasters and, thereby, increase disaster resilience.
Author: Balussou, David
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Published: 2023-05-12
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 3731510359
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this work a process simulation model identifies the most profitable German biogas plant types and sizes. Small manure and large-scale biowaste plants are currently the most economically attractive installations whereas the valorization of energy crops turns out to be unprofitable. Future developments are assessed with the help of a regional optimization model under constraints. Capacity expansion concerns small-scale manure and biowaste installations rather than plants based on energy crops.
Author: Patrick Devine-Wright
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-14
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1136530266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat. But this is frequently leading to controversy, as energy and planning policies are revised to support new energy sources or technologies (e.g. offshore wind, tidal, bioenergy or hydrogen energy) and communities face the prospect of unfamiliar, often large-scale energy technologies being sited near to their homes. Policy makers in many countries face tensions between 'streamlining' planning procedures, engaging with diverse publics to address what is commonly conceived as 'NIMBY' (not in my back yard) opposition, and the need to maintain democratic, participatory values in planning systems. This volume provides a timely, international review of research on public engagement, in contexts of diverse, innovative energy technologies. Public engagement is conceived broadly - as the interaction between how developers and other key actors engage with publics about energy technologies (including assumptions held about the methods used, such as the provision of financial benefits or the holding of deliberative events), and how individuals and groups engage with energy policies and projects (including indirectly through the media and directly through emotional and behavioural responses). The book's contributors are leading experts in the UK, Europe, North and South America and Australia drawn from a variety of relevant social science disciplinary perspectives. The book makes a significant contribution to our existing knowledge, as well as providing interested professionals, policymakers and members of the public with a timely overview of the critical issues involved in public engagement with low carbon energy technologies.