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Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Business

Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Business

The natural gas business consists of two major aspects sourcing and transportation and distribution has been a growing area of interest to industry government and academia. With the emphasis on promoting natural gas sector there is an increasing need to have a well documented book that deals with the business issues particularly the transportation and distribution of this sector specifically aimed at petroleum engineers and professionals. This book fills this gap to provide structured material that deals with managerial and regulatory aspects with an applied technical perspective wherever needed. | Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Business

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Climate and Energy Politics in Poland Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas

Climate and Energy Politics in Poland Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas

Climate and Energy Politics in Poland: Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas presents a new object-oriented perspective on the challenge faced by Poland the largest post-socialist EU member state from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to produce knowledge about its energy system in the context of climate change. Drawing on data from five different research projects and two hundred interviews Lis reflects on how EU accession forced Poland to mobilize their resources and produce expertise on carbon dioxide and shale gas in order to actively participate in the debates around EU climate change ambitions and goals. A significant lack of capacity and expert institutions made it difficult for Poland to quickly assess the impacts of EU legislation or to propose new solutions for itself and it is precisely this struggle for knowledge production that will be examined during the course of the book. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy and resource politics climate change EU environmental policy and CEE studies more broadly. | Climate and Energy Politics in Poland Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas

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Aviation and Climate Change Economic Perspectives on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies

Aviation and Climate Change Economic Perspectives on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies

This book analyses the political economic and managerial challenges for policy makers and the air transport industry as they face climate change. Based on an overview of the scientific background and technological options for emissions reduction Aviation and Climate Change provides an in-depth assessment of environmental regulation and management. It provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the effects of aviation on climate change and an economic analysis of policies to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. The main emphasis of the book is on the economic mechanisms used to lessen emissions – carbon taxes emissions trading schemes and offset schemes. It pays particular attention to the ways these policies work and to the interaction between them – for instance the interaction between taxes and emissions trading schemes. One feature of the book is that it analyses the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) which has been developed by ICAO for international aviation and which is due to commence operation shortly. The advantages and disadvantages of this controversial scheme are discussed. This book will be of interest to researchers in diverse areas (economics political science engineering natural sciences) to air transport policy makers and to managers in the aviation industry. | Aviation and Climate Change Economic Perspectives on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies

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Behind the Mask Regulating Health and Safety in Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

Behind the Mask Regulating Health and Safety in Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

This title was first published n 2000: The most recent developments in occupational health and safety regulation in the UK’s offshore oil industry represent a departure from traditional legal forms. But how should they best be understood and what advantages do they offer over the previous regulatory approaches? Informed by autopoiesis theory this study takes seriously the notion of an empirical field constituted by diverse communicative systems and thus traces the development of the industry along a series of dimensions including those of management and engineering as well as of politics and regulation. Adapting cognitive mapping the book offers graphic demonstrations of the resultant constructive misunderstandings of regulatory and scientific signals and accordingly an alternative perspective on the nature of risk. The latest regulatory developments are shown to possess the potential to address these issues but only insofar as they are understood as distinct from previous legal forms and in particular as an example of reflexive law. | Behind the Mask Regulating Health and Safety in Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

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Architectural Type and Character A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture

Architectural Type and Character A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture

Architectural Type and Character provides an alternative perspective to the current role given to history in architecture reunifying architectural history and architectural design to reform architectural discourse and practice. Historians provide important material for appreciating buildings and guiding those who produce them. In current histories a building is the product of a time its form follows its function irresistible influences produce it and style preferably novel is its most important attribute. This book argues for an alternative. Through a two-part structure the book first develops the theoretical foundations for this alternative history of architecture. The second part then provides drawings and interpretations of over one hundred sites from different times and places. Architectural Type and Character: A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture is an excellent desk reference and studio guide for students and architectures alike to understand analyze and create buildings. | Architectural Type and Character A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture

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The Russian Economy under Putin

The Russian Economy under Putin

This book presents a comprehensive view of the state of the Russian economy under President Putin. It considers the extent of Russia’s integration in the world economy where Russia’s exports of oil and gas are a key factor discusses Russia’s internal challenges including changing demographics declining government revenue the need to counter over-reliance on the oil and gas sector and the consequences of high military spending and assesses the prospects for economic reform highlighting especially the power struggles between different vested interests. Overall the book provides a basis for understanding what has been going on in the Russian economy under President Putin and what the future may look like given the external environment internal challenges and reform processes. | The Russian Economy under Putin

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Energy in Europe Issues and Policies

Energy in Europe Issues and Policies

Originally published in 1986. Energy economics emerged in the 1970s as one of the most controversial and critical aspects of European economic and political development. This book provides a fully comprehensive but easily accessible guide to the key issues of energy policy placing them in a European context. As well as discussing oil price movements and their effects on European prosperity it assesses the role of energy conservation and pricing policies. The chapters discuss the economic political and social impact of nuclear power programmes North Sea oil and gas discoveries Soviet gas imports and coal field closures and go on to forecast possible future developments. This is for all those concerned with European and energy studies especially political scientists geographers economists and environmental and resource specialists. | Energy in Europe Issues and Policies

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The Handbook of Carbon Management A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function

The Handbook of Carbon Management A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function

Every manager and every employee in every function can embed climate solutions and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book written by experts in the field of sustainability in business shows you how. The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges we face today and it affects all aspects of business and society. Consequently everyone needs to know the best high-impact climate solutions that can be embedded into their organisational area. In this book you will find ideas for your team your department and your organisation to make this a reality. We provide you with implementation plans and inspiring case studies with practical and helpful tools that will help you to scale up climate solutions effectively and efficiently. If you are an owner of a company or an executive in any organisation you will benefit from this step-by-step guide on how to set up your own greenhouse gas management plan how to set targets and how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of your whole organisation. We explain key terms such as Net Zero Carbon Neutral carbon emissions equivalents and the three scopes. In order to halve our emissions worldwide by 2030 to achieve Net Zero by 2050 individual actions on a large scale are required but also systemic changes. We look at the bigger picture in this book and also how you could effect change. This is the first book to offer an easy-to-implement approach to decarbonise organisations and transform societies and is appropriate for managers at any level. This book can also be used in business schools to inspire future managers and business leaders. Last but not least everyone can find ideas here that they can implement in their personal lives – let’s scale up together! | The Handbook of Carbon Management A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function

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Financial Stability and Prudential Regulation A Comparative Approach to the UK US Canada Australia and Germany

Financial Stability and Prudential Regulation A Comparative Approach to the UK US Canada Australia and Germany

Financial stability is one of the key tenets of a central bank’s functions. Since the financial crisis of 2007-2009 an area of hot debate is the extent to which the central bank should be involved with prudential regulation. This book examines the macro and micro-prudential regulatory frameworks and systems of the United Kingdom Australia the United States Canada and Germany. Drawing on the regulator frameworks of these regions this book examines the central banks’ roles of crisis management resolution and prudential regulation. Alison Lui compares the institutional structure of the new ‘twin-peaks’ model in the UK to the Australian model and the multi-regulatory US model and the single regulatory Canadian model. The book also discusses the extent the central bank in these countries as well as the ECB are involved with financial stability and argues that the institutional architecture and geographical closeness of the Bank of England and Financial Policy Committee give rise to the fear that the UK central bank may become another single super-regulator which may provide the Bank of England with too much power. As a multi-regional comparative study on the importance and effectiveness of prudential regulation this book will be of great use and interest to students and researchers in finance and bank law economics and banking. | Financial Stability and Prudential Regulation A Comparative Approach to the UK US Canada Australia and Germany

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Energy Strategies for the UK

Energy Strategies for the UK

Originally published in 1982. This book describes a comprehensive and integrated model of the UK energy sector which focuses on decision-making and optimisation rather than on forecasting or simulation. It incorporates the production and investment policy of all the major fuels over a fifty-year horizon and analyses strategy under a variety of different assumptions about costs demands technology and future decisions. The chapters cover a wide spectrum of energy problems and policy including scenarios of rising oil and gas prices and there are striking calculations of the costs of a non-nuclear plus conservation strategy. Interesting reading for those concerned with energy policy. | Energy Strategies for the UK

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The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor An Environmental and Economic Critique

The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor An Environmental and Economic Critique

In this book Thomas B. Cochran takes a critical look at the economic and environmental arguments which have been made in favour of an early introduction of the liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) as a central component of the United States electrical energy system. First published in 1974 Cochran presents LMFBR as having no environmental advantage over light water reactors and the high temperature gas reactor and seriously questions the economic advantages. This title should be a useful for students interested in environment and sustainability studies and it is a valuable resource for discussions of future energy strategy. | The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor An Environmental and Economic Critique

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Energy Resource Extraction and Society Impacts and Contested Futures

Energy Resource Extraction and Society Impacts and Contested Futures

Energy is central to the fabric of society. This book revisits the classic notions of energy impacts by examining the social effects of resource extraction and energy projects which are often overlooked. Energy impacts are often reduced to the narrow configurations of greenhouse gas emissions chemical spills or land use changes. However this neglects the fact that the way we produce distribute and consume energy shapes society political institutions and culture. The authors trace the impacts of contemporary energy and resource extraction developments and explain their significance for the shaping of powerful social imaginaries and a reconfiguration of political and democratic systems. They analyse not only the complex histories and landscapes of industrial mining and energy development including oil coal wind power gas (fracking) and electrification but also their significance for contested energy and social futures. Based on ethnographic and interdisciplinary research from around the world including case studies from Australia Germany Kenya the Netherlands Nicaragua Norway Poland Turkey UK and USA they document the effects on local communities and how these are often transformed into citizen engagement protest and resistance. This sheds new light on the relationship between energy and power reflecting a wide array of pertinent impacts beyond the usual considerations of economic efficiency and energy security. The volume is aimed at advanced students and researchers in anthropology sociology human geography science and technology studies environmental studies and sustainable development as well as professionals working in the field of impact assessments. | Energy Resource Extraction and Society Impacts and Contested Futures

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The Permafrost Environment

The Permafrost Environment

Originally published in 1986 The Permafrost Environment examines how the search for oil gas and minerals in the arctic region instigated new and vitally important needs to understand the permafrost environment. The construction of roads airfields buildings and pipelines in this inhospitable environment has posed enormous problems for engineers and geologists. This book is a comprehensive review of the nature of the permafrost environment and its utilization. It looks at environmental processes and their effects and examines the management problems which result. It provides a detailed look at how normal procedures for construction etc. need to be modified to cope with the special conditions and it gives examples from throughout the arctic region including Canada Siberia Alaska Greenland and Northern Scandinavia.

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The Nigerian Oil Economy From Prosperity to Glut

The Nigerian Oil Economy From Prosperity to Glut

The development of Nigeria's oil industry is examined comprehensively in this book originally published in 1984. It charts the changing course of her economy and examines the dramatic effect oil has had on Nigeria's domestic and international policies. Oil has enabled her to command a powerful position in African affairs and within OPEC itself but at the same time has held back other forms of economic development. Nigeria's future in the oil industry as well as in related fields such as gas is assessed both in the light of her former policies and in the changing world economy. This book will be of interest to all concerned in the oil industry international finance or world power politics. | The Nigerian Oil Economy From Prosperity to Glut

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Haruki Murakami Storytelling and Productive Distance

Haruki Murakami Storytelling and Productive Distance

Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance studies the evolution of the monogatari or narrative and storytelling in the works of Haruki Murakami. Author Chikako Nihei argues that Murakami’s power of monogatari lies in his use of distancing effects; storytelling allows individuals to cross into a different context through which they can effectively observe themselves and reality. His belief in the importance of monogatari is closely linked to his generation’s experience of the counter-­-culture movement in the late1960s and his research on the 1995 Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack caused by the Aum shinrikyo cult major events in postwar Japan that revealed many people’s desire for a stable narrative to interact with and form their identity from. | Haruki Murakami Storytelling and Productive Distance

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How China's Rise is Changing the Middle East

How China's Rise is Changing the Middle East

This book explores the extent to which China’s rise is changing the economic security political and social-cultural aspects of the Middle East – a region of significant strategic importance to the West and of increasing importance to the East. With its growing dependence on Middle East oil and gas China has more at stake in this region than any other Asian power and not surprisingly has begun increasing its engagement with the region with profound implications for other stakeholders. The book charts the history of China’s links with the Middle East discusses China’s involvement with each of the major countries of the region considers how China’s rise is reshaping Middle Easterners’ perceptions of China and the Chinese people and examines the very latest developments. | How China's Rise is Changing the Middle East

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Stopping Climate Change Policies for Real Zero

Stopping Climate Change Policies for Real Zero

Written by one of the leading experts in the field Paul Ekins Stopping Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is required to achieve ‘real zero’ carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and negative emissions thereafter which is the only way to stop human- induced climate change. This will require innovation in socio-technical systems and in human behaviour on an unprecedented scale. Stopping Climate Change describes the changes required to meet this goal: in technologies social institutions and individual activities. Paul Ekins examines in detail issues around the supply and demand of energy and materials and the efficiency of their use. It also analyses greenhouse gas removal technologies offsetting and geoengineering and plots the reduction of the non- CO2 greenhouse gas-emitting activities. Having set out the changes required Ekins considers the economic implications in terms of both the innovation and investments that are necessary to bring them about and the effects that these are likely to have on national economies. The evidence presented points clearly to the economic impacts of decarbonisation being positive for the majority of countries and for the world as a whole even before considering the benefits of avoided climate change. When the health benefits of stopping the burning of fossil fuels are factored in the global net benefits of decarbonisation are unequivocal. Drawing on examples from the UK and Europe but with wider relevance at a global scale Stopping Climate Change clearly shows how determined policy action at different levels could stop climate change. It will be of great interest to students scholars and policymakers researching and working in the field of climate change and energy policy. | Stopping Climate Change Policies for Real Zero

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Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

This book provides a first-hand account of land conflict and power relations in one of the most resource-rich states in India — Jharkhand. Through the eyes of the state corporate and indigenous actors it reveals how conflict over land in Jharkhand is firmly embedded in the ideological foundations of the key actors in the region. Based on thorough research on the ground and interviews with state corporate and indigenous actors the book explores a host of themes such as: the need and efficacy of state-led modernisation programmes the market as the best regulator and ‘ideas’ of development. The volume highlights how land conflicts in Jharkhand will persist until the ideological differences are recognised and welcomed in hopes of making way for collaborative governance. This work will be a key intervention in the fields of area studies especially South Asian studies public policy politics and development studies. | Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

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The Ethics of Climate Engineering Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

The Ethics of Climate Engineering Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

This book analyzes major ethical issues surrounding the use of climate engineering particularly solar radiation management (SRM) techniques which have the potential to reduce some risks of anthropogenic climate change but also carry their own risks of harm and injustice. The book argues that we should approach the ethics of climate engineering via non-ideal theory which investigates what justice requires given the fact that many parties have failed to comply with their duty to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically it argues that climate justice should be approached comparatively evaluating the relative justice or injustice of feasible policies under conditions that are likely to hold within relevant timeframes. Likely near-future conditions include pessimistic scenarios in which no available option avoids serious ethical problems. The book contends that certain uses of SRM can be ethically defensible in some pessimistic scenarios. This is the first book devoted to the many ethical issues surrounding climate engineering. | The Ethics of Climate Engineering Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

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Climate Change Law in China in Global Context

Climate Change Law in China in Global Context

In Climate Change Law in China in Global Context seven climate change law scholars explain how the country’s legal system is gradually being mobilized to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China and achieve adaptation to climate change. There has been little English scholarship on the legal regime for climate change in China. This volume addresses this gap in the literature and focuses on recent attempts by the country to build defences against the impacts of climate change and to meet the country’s international obligations on mitigation. The authors are not only interested in China’s laws on paper; rather the book explains how these laws are implemented and integrated in practice and sheds light on China’s current laws laws in preparation the changing standing of law relative to policy and the further reforms that will be necessary in response to the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This comprehensive and critical account of the Chinese legal system’s response to the pressures of climate change will be an important resource for scholars of international law environmental law and Chinese law.

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Understanding ExtrACTIVISM Culture and Power in Natural Resource Disputes

Understanding ExtrACTIVISM Culture and Power in Natural Resource Disputes

Understanding ExtrACTIVISM surveys how contemporary resource extractive industry works and considers the responses it inspires in local citizens and activists. Chapters cover a range of extractive industries operating around the world including logging hydroelectric dams mining and oil and natural gas extraction. Taking an activist anthropological stance Anna Willow examines how culture and power inform recent and ongoing disputes between projects’ proponents and opponents beneficiaries and victims. Through a series of engaging case studies she argues that diverse contemporary natural resource conflicts are underlain by a culturally constituted ‘extractivist’ mind-set and embedded in global patterns of political inequity. Offering a synthesizing framework for making sense of complex interconnections among environmental social and political dimensions of natural resource disputes Willow reflects on why extractivism exists why it matters and what we might be able to do about it. The book is valuable reading for students and researchers in the environmental social sciences as well as for activists and practitioners. | Understanding ExtrACTIVISM Culture and Power in Natural Resource Disputes

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Energy Management in Buildings The Earthscan Expert Guide

Energy Management in Buildings The Earthscan Expert Guide

The role of the energy manager has evolved significantly as the task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has become increasingly important. Managers are now technical experts negotiators construction project managers procurement specialists efficiency advocates and often provide energy services to others. This comprehensive book covers how to:• conduct an energy audit• plan a monitoring and verification strategy• make any energy-saving campaign successful• evaluate and make the financial case for energy-saving measures• make use of free energy for lighting and managing heat loss and gain. It also contains special chapters on:• ventilation heating and cooling• demand management through automated systems• lighting• most requirements of industrial facilities• regulatory requirements in Britain Europe and the United States• the use of smart meters and monitoring• how to achieve zero energy buildings• the use of renewable energy. For all professional energy building and facilities managers energy consultants students trainees and academics. It takes the reader from basic concepts to the latest advanced thinking with principles applicable anywhere in the world and in any climate. | Energy Management in Buildings The Earthscan Expert Guide

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