Natural resources, and the materials derived from them, represent the physical basis for the economic system. Recent decades have witnessed an unprecedented growth in demand for these resources, which has triggered interest from policy makers in transitioning to a more resource efficient and circular economy. This report presents a typology of five circular business models that could support the transition to a more resource efficient and circular economy: circular supply, resource recovery, product life extension, sharing, and product service system models. It reviews the current market penetration and assesses the potential scalability of each business model. Environmental potential is also discussed, as well as risks and unintended consequences that could result from a more widespread adoption of these business models. The report provides a broad set of policy approaches that could help alleviate some of the barriers that currently hinder the widespread adoption of circular business models.
Автор: Islam F. M. Rabiul, Mamun Kabir Al, Amanullah Maung Than Oo Название: Smart Energy Grid Design for Island Countries: Challenges and Opportunities ISBN: 3319843427 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319843421 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book identifies the challenges, solutions, and opportunities offered by smart energy grids (SEGs) with regard to the storage and regulation of diversified energy sources such as photovoltaic, wind, and ocean energy.
Автор: Himanshu Tyagi Название: Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities ISBN: 9811506744 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811506741 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book covers challenges and opportunities related to solar-energy based systems. It covers a wide variety of topics related to solar energy, including applications-based systems such as solar thermal systems that are focused on drying, desalination, space cooling, refrigeration, and processing; recent advances in solar cells (DSSC) and photovoltaics; technologies for storage of energy (both sensible heating as well as latent heating); and the design of concentrated solar receivers. The information is presented in the context of the overall global energy utilization, and the role of solar energy has been highlighted. The contents of this book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and policymakers alike.
Автор: Devkant Kala, Satish Chandra Bagri Название: Global Opportunities and Challenges for Rural and Mountain Tourism ISBN: 1799813037 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781799813033 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 152460.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Mountainous and rural areas throughout the world have continually been attributed with several hinderances including poverty, faulty governance, and susceptibility to natural disasters. However, with the recent development of tourism, these provinces have seen a strong rise in visitation. Despite this increase in economic sustainability, planners are still presented with many challenges as they try to balance developmental and ecological considerations.
Global Opportunities and Challenges for Rural and Mountain Tourism provides emerging research exploring the integration of mountain tourism development and innovative practices for managing contemporary issues and challenges of tourism in these regions including socio-economic impacts, role of stakeholders, and promotional strategies for sustainable tourism development. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural heritage, marketing strategies, and value chain systems, this book is ideally designed for travel agents, tour directors, tour developers, hotel managers, hospitality and tourism professionals, industry practitioners, researchers, geographical scientists, planners, academicians, and students.
Автор: Elie Azar, Mohamed Abdel Raouf Название: Sustainability in the Gulf: Challenges and Opportunities ISBN: 0367248808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367248802 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 44910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book covers the region`s contemporary development challenges through the lens of the United Nations` Sustainable Development Goals, which place sustainability at the center of the solution addressing the current environmental, economic and social imbalances facing Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Автор: Taniguchi, Eiichi Thompson, Russell G. Название: City Logistics 1.New Opportunities and Challenges ISBN: 1786302055 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786302052 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 146730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems). It highlights modelling the behaviour of stakeholders who are involved in city logistics as well as planning and managing policy measures of city logistics including cooperative freight transport systems in public-private partnerships. Case studies of implementing and evaluating city logistics measures in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits from major cities around the world are also given.
Автор: Habib M. Ammari Название: Challenges and Opportunities of Connected k-Covered Wireless Sensor Networks ISBN: 3642018769 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642018763 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 204040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Following Rene Descartes` most elegant methodology of dividing each difficulty into as many parts as might be possible and necessary to best solve it (Discours de la Method, 1637), this book presents a variety of theoretical studies based on percolation theory and computational geometry.
Автор: Gupta Anshuman, Dalei Narendra N. Название: Energy, Environment and Globalization: Recent Trends, Opportunities and Challenges in India ISBN: 9811393095 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811393099 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 79190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book analyzes contemporary issues relating to energy, environment, and globalization in the Indian context. As a signatory to the Paris climate accord, India has reiterated its commitment to taking strong and positive steps toward climate change mitigation. However, as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, it is battling the effects of a steep rise in fossil fuel usage and pollution. Further, increasing globalization is leading to greater economic activity and production, resulting in additional energy use, which has a negative effect on the environment.The book argues that globalization need not have only a negative environmental impact; it can also have positive impact through the importation of environmentally sound technologies and implementing global compliance standards. The book is divided into three sections: The energy section discusses issues relating to the status of Indian natural gas market and the need for developing an efficient gas market in India; the economics and politics of sustainable energy in India; the challenges of thermal power and significance of clean thermal power generation in India; environmental and policy issues concerning energy use in urban India; the importance of energy use in developing Human Development Index (HDI); and issues relating to renewable energy in India. The environment section then examines topics such as the impact of global warming on local weather by examining the frequency of extreme weather events such as drought and floods, and their impact on farming activities in the Indian state of Odisha; the importance of according the economic value to environmentally significant things like national park , mangroves, etc. for sustainable development; the role of environmental accounting for ecological sustainability and ecotourism; and environmental concerns increasingly gaining traction among the corporate sector for their long-run benefits . Lastly, the third section addresses issues relating to the challenges and opportunities of globalization, such as the interface between globalization and environment; managing India’s business interest in proposing new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT); the challenges being faced by Indian exports and their revival; and making Indian SMEs competitive. As such, it is an invaluable resource for policymakers, researchers, practitioners and students in the field of energy, environment and trade economics.
Автор: Qian Zhang; Xiangzheng Deng Название: Urban Development in Asia: Pathways, Opportunities and Challenges ISBN: 9811028958 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811028953 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 51230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book aims to present implications for China`s urban development through international comparison of urbanization process from the perspective of spatio-temporal pattern, driving factors, rural-urban interactions, development trends and economic-ecological-social synergic development.
Автор: Snyder Seth W., Kraus George Название: Commercializing Biobased Products: Opportunities, Challenges, Benefits, and Risks ISBN: 1782620397 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782620396 Издательство: Royal Society of Chemistry Рейтинг: Цена: 225270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Covering biobased products in a broad context, this book provides chemical engineers with a better understanding of challenges, opportunities, risks, and benefits of commercialization.
The concept of Demand Response (DR) generally concerns methodologies, technologies and commercial arrangements that could allow active participation of consumers in the power system operation. The primary aim of DR is thus to overcome the "traditional" inflexibility of electrical demand and, amongst others, create a new powerful tool to maximize deployment of renewable energy sources as well as provide active network management solutions to help reducing the impact of limited grid capabilities.
DR allows consumers to actively participate in power system operation, thus bringing new opportunities in emerging energy markets as well as tangible system benefits. In this sense, DR is considered one of the key enablers of the Smart Grid concept. However, DR also poses a number of challenges, particularly when "active demand" is connected to the Low Voltage network, thus affecting all the actors involved in the electricity chain.
This book presents for the first time a comprehensive view on technical methodologies and architectures, commercial arrangements, and socio-economic and regulatory factors that could facilitate the uptake of DR. The work is developed in a systematic way so as to create a comprehensive picture of challenges, benefits and opportunities involved with DR. The reader will thus be provided with a clear understanding of the complexity deriving from a demand becoming active, as well as with a quantitative assessment of the techno-economic value of the proposed solutions in a Smart Grid context.
Many research contributions have appeared in recent years in the field of DR, both in journals and conference proceedings. However, most publications focus on individual aspects of the problem. A systematic treatment of the issues to be tackled to introduce DR in existing electricity grids, involving the extended value chain in terms of technical and commercial aspects, is still missing. Also, several books have recently been published about Smart Grid, in which there is some mention to DR. However, again while DR is seen as a key pillar for the Smart Grid, there is no dedicated, comprehensive and systematic contribution in this respect.
Автор: Luke Amadi, Fidelis Allen Название: Global Food Politics and Approaches to Sustainable Consumption: Emerging Research and Opportunities ISBN: 1799801268 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781799801269 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 136750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Food production and consumption processes are largely governed via control mechanisms that affect food accessibility and environmental efficiency. Food resource marginalization, inequality, and deleterious consumption urgently require new governance and developmental systems that will provide food security and create consumption patterns that protect the natural environment and food resources. Global Food Politics and Approaches to Sustainable Consumption: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that discusses the challenges and solutions of food security and consumption control. Food politics can be linked to persistent challenges of inequitable access, food resource inefficiency, and control and consumption, which form part of the local development realities that can address global sustainable development. While highlighting topics such as rural agriculture, capitalism, and food chain management, this publication is ideally designed for policymakers, sustainable developers, politicians, ecologists, environmentalists, corporate executives, farmers, and academicians seeking current research on the policies and modalities of food efficiency and equality.
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