The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries. This open access book, written by leading energy…
This open access handbook is distinguished by its emphasis on international energy, rather than domestic energy policies or international geopolitic aspects. Addressing key topics such as energy production and distribution, renewables and corporate energy structures, alongside global energy trends, regional case studies and emerging areas such as the digitalization of energy and energy transiti…
This Special Issue is a complimentary work of over 70 scholars from various countries, including Poland, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. The issues analyzed in the 16 articles primarily focus on energy generation in rural areas, particularly in the agricultural sector. They examine specific crops or livestock production and range from case studies of individual countries to the level of the Eu…
This book examines the impacts of land tenure reform interventions implemented in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held under customary tenure. Yet there are many contending views and debates on the impact of these land policies and this book reveals how t…
Blue Planet Law is the global and future-oriented environmental law that is necessary to face the global environmental crisis in the Anthropocene, assuming especially the link between climate action (SDG 13) and ocean sustainability (SDG 14). This open access book focuses on means of overcoming global environmental problems such as climate change, ocean degradation and biodiversity loss and the…
How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing domains of public accountability. The growing movement toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) urges corporations to promote the well-being of people and the planet rather than the sole pursuit of profit. In Extracting Accountability, Jessica Smith investigates how the public accountability of corporation…
Electrical grids worldwide are experiencing major changes in terms of energy generation, transmission, delivery, and distribution in order to enhance the entire system’s control, reliability, efficiency, and safety. Advanced energy systems and technologies such as renewable sources of energy, energy storage systems, and electric vehicles (EVs) as well as equipment such as sensors, smart meter…
Healthcare has brought us extraordinary benefits, but every encounter and every treatment also carries risk of various kinds. The known risks from specific treatments are well established and routinely discussed by clinicians. Yet we also face risks from failures in the healthcare system, some specific to each setting and others from poor coordination of care across settings. For us, as pat…
There are plenty of technical ideas for the drive systems to power future genera- tions of vehicles. But which of these is the right solution for which application? How will the markets change in the future? What basic innovations can we use to make engines and transmissions even more efficient? At the 10th Schaeffler Symposium, 2014, we will venture a glimpse into the distant future …
panduan komprehensif yang dirancang untuk membantu perusahaan dan individu dalam mengembangkan strategi bisnis global yang sukses di pasar internasional. Dalam era globalisasi dan konektivitas yang semakin meningkat, bisnis dihadapkan pada tantangan dan peluang yang berbeda di pasar global. Ebook ini menawarkan pemahaman mendalam tentang konsep dasar yang terlibat dalam strategi bisnis globa…