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Low-Carbon Energy Controversies.
Governments, big business and communities are coming under increased pressure to develop low carbon energy supply technologies. Within the context of the climate change debate a delicate balance has to be reached between local environmental protection and our need for reliable low carbon energy. Thi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Low-Carbon Energy Controversies; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Part I Introduction and framing of low-carbon energy technologies; 1 Introduction: understanding and triangulating approaches to energy supply controversy; 2 Public responses to climate change and low-carbon energy; 3 Methodologies for understanding low-carbon controversies; Part II Case studies exploring low-carbon energy technologies; 4 Exploring the relationship between public perceptions of risk and trust in experts.
- 5 What have facts got to do with it anyway?: Competing knowledge claims in low-carbon energy controversy6 Energy siting governance: Social and political challenges associated with the development of low-carbon energy in the marine environment; 7 Microgeneration in the built environment: The multiple meanings of solar photovoltaic technologies; 8 Policy and regulatory controversy: The case of UK and EC biofuel policy; 9 Biofuel development in the UK: Regulatory and engineering visions beyond a changing controversy; Part III Communication and media.
- 10 Public engagement in energy planning and its impact on low-carbon energy controversy11 New energy technologies in the media: A case study of carbon capture and storage; Part IV Conclusions; 12 Conclusions and a research agenda for the social science of energy supply controversy; Index.