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Resource efficiency complexity and the commons : the paracommons and paradoxes of natural resource losses, wastes and wastages /
The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood. In this challenging book, the author proposes a major advance in our understanding of this topic by analysing resource efficiency and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood. In this challenging book, the author proposes a major advance in our understanding of this topic by analysing resource efficiency and efficiency gains from the perspective of common pool resources, applying this idea particularly to water resources and its use in irrigated agriculture. The author proposes a novel concept of ""the paracommons"", through which the savings of increased resource efficiency can be viewed. In effec. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781134079315 1134079311 1299846750 9781299846753 9780415828468 0415828465 9780203520888 0203520882 |