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Author : Philip O'Keefe
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171062291
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Energy and Development in Southern Africa: Introducion written by Philip O'Keefe and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1984 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jorge Tavares de Carvalho Simoes
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171062277
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)
Download or read book SADCC written by Jorge Tavares de Carvalho Simoes and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1984 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference report on energy and a forecast of power consumption and power demands to the year 2000 in SADC states of Southern Africa - examines power supply of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, fuelwood and biomass; discusses energy policy and planning issues; includes country policy statements on energy development. Diagrams and statistical tables. Conference held in Harare 1982 Nov 29 to Dec 3.
Author : Paul Raskin
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171062475
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
Download or read book LEAP written by Paul Raskin and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1986 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Moses K. Tesi
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739101315
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Environment and Development in Africa written by Moses K. Tesi and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of The Environment and Development in Africa is that current environmental problems in sub-Saharan Africa are an outcome of the continent's development activities. Whether these activities have generated economic growth and raised living standards or have led to growth without overall increases in living standards-or have even contributed to a decline in people's well-being-developments in that region have produced effects that have degraded Africa's environment in many ways. This book presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the context of the environmental issues facing sub-Saharan African states. Contributors discuss the problems associated with generating the capacity to manage Africa's environmental concerns; assess the impact of economic development efforts on the region's environment; and examine various societal and policy responses to environmental problems and to development problems linked to ecological decay. This is an important book for scholars and policy advisors concerned with African studies and global environmental issues.
Author : Richard Hosier
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171062789
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Energy for Rural Development in Zimbabwe written by Richard Hosier and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George E. Halkos
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039288091
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)
Download or read book Assessment of Energy–Environment–Economy Interrelations written by George E. Halkos and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy consumption and economic growth have been of great interest to researchers and policy-makers. Knowing the actual causal relationship between energy and the economy with respect to environmental degradation has important implications for modeling environmental and growth policies. The eleven chapters included herein aim to help researchers, academicians, and especially decision-makers to understand relevant issues and adopt appropriate methods to tackle and solve relevant environmental problems. Various methods from different disciplines are proposed and applied to various environmental and energy issues.
Author : Tobias Bischof-Niemz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429872232
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book South Africa’s Energy Transition written by Tobias Bischof-Niemz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa’s energy transition has become a highly topical, emotive and politically contentious topic. Taking a systems perspective, this book offers an evidence-based roadmap for such a transition and debunks many of the myths raised about the risks of a renewable-energy-led electricity mix. Owing to its formidable solar and wind resources, South Africa has an almost unparalleled opportunity to turn solar photovoltaic and onshore wind generators into the country’s power generation workhorses – a role hitherto played by coal. This book shows that a renewables-led mix will not only provide the lowest cost, but will also create more jobs than any of the alternatives currently under consideration. In addition, it offers a glimpse of how South Africa’s low-cost and decarbonised electricity system can power a competitive industrial economy, an electric-mobility revolution and, in the long run, create new export opportunities. This book will be of great interest to energy industry practitioners, as well as students and scholars of energy policy and politics, environmental economics and sustainable development.
Author : Philip O'Keefe
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171062314
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Energy and Development in Southern Africa: Mozambique written by Philip O'Keefe and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1984 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. B. Venema
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825839482
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Towards Negotiated Co-management of Natural Resources in Africa written by L. B. Venema and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the field of management of natural resources, this book focuses on the various approaches of policy formulation and implementation. The question central to this book is how to co-operate with people, the various categories of residents as well as non-residents, in the rural areas: in a top-down, a participatory or a contractual (co-management) way. On the basis of a comparative analysis of 12 case studies in the book, these three approaches are thoroughly discussed and their internal and external constraints examined. The book starts with an editorial chapter, discussing the recent administrative and political developments in Africa as well as the new opportunities, which they offer for policies in the field of environment, and development. The question is brought up whether the recent processes of decentralization, democratization, and empowerment of local organizations have indeed created new opportunities or that they have only superficially changed the political culture of the countries concerned. In the concluding chapter of the book, the approaches are contrasted to each other as logical models, each with its own potentiality and limitations. Conclusions are formulated why the top down approach must result in improvization to escape from failure, and why the participatory approach risks to end up into a mixed balance. Special attention is given to the conditions and the prospects for the contractual or co-management approach, which has been introduced into Africa only recently. Under certain conditions, this approach seems rather promising.
Author : Francis X. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136529551
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Bioenergy for Sustainable Development and International Competitiveness written by Francis X. Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels have intensified interest in bioenergy from sugar cane and other crops, highlighting important links between energy, environment and development goals. Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by severe poverty; the possibility to exploit a renewable energy resource offers valuable avenues for sustainable development and could support a more dynamic and competitive economy. This book describes how the bioenergy expansion will improve rural livelihoods, reduce costly energy imports, reduce GHG emissions, and offer new development paths. Drawing on international experience, it is shown that harnessing this potential will require significant increases in investment, technology transfer, and international cooperation. Because of its high efficiency, the authors argue that sugar cane should be viewed as a global resource for sustainable development and should command much greater focus and concerted policy action. Through an analysis of the agronomy, land suitability and industrial processing of sugar cane and its co-products, along with an assessment of the energy, economic and environmental implications, this volume demonstrates that sugar cane offers a competitive and environmentally beneficial resource for Africa's economic development and energy security. With forty-four authors representing thirty organisations in sixteen countries, the book offers a truly international and interdisciplinary perspective by combining technical and economic principles with social, political and environmental assessment and policy analysis.
Author : Rainer Janssen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400721811
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Bioenergy for Sustainable Development in Africa written by Rainer Janssen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work builds on the results of the COMPETE Bioenergy Competence Platform for Africa, which was supported by the European Commission and coordinated by WIP Renewable Energies, Germany. The five sections cover biomass production and use, biomass technologies and markets in Africa, biomass policies, sustainability, and financial and socio-economic issues. This valuable work is, in effect, a single-source treatment of a key energy sector in a part of the world which still has a lot of unrealised potential for development.
Author : Anil Markandya
Publisher : World Scientific Environmental
ISBN 13 : 9789811240546
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Climate and Development written by Anil Markandya and published by World Scientific Environmental. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2015 Paris Accord stated the aim to limit the increase in global mean temperatures to 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels and if possible, keep it down to 1.5°C. Achieving this is possible, but the costs incurred are uncertain and the distribution of costs among nations is indistinct. Furthermore, even if the goal is realised, significant impacts from climate change can be expected. Evidence indicates that these will be felt most severely in countries that are relatively poor. These effects of climate change will be added to by the measures taken to reduce GHGs. Together, they will determine how climate change affects the prospects for development across the globe. The analysis of the interplay between climate change and policies to combat it on the one hand and development on the other are the focus of this book.
Author : Bruce Morgan Campbell
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 9798764072
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (987 download)
Download or read book The Miombo in Transition written by Bruce Morgan Campbell and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miombo woodlands and their use: overview and key issues. The ecology of miombo woodlands. Population biology of miombo tree. Miombo woodlands in the wider context: macro-economic and inter-sectoral influences. Rural households and miombo woodlands: use, value and management. Trade in woodland products from the miombo region. Managing miombo woodland. Institutional arrangements governing the use and the management of miombo woodlands. Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods: options and opportunities.
Author : Douglas L. Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742519480
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Land Degradation written by Douglas L. Johnson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land Degradation explores the substantial decrease in an area's biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. The second edition of Johnson and Lewis's well-received text thoroughly examines this growing area of study using a global perspective, as well as up-to-date information. The various case studies cover the history of land degradation, look at local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and compare creative destruction with destructive creation.
Author : Osabuohien, Evans S.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799848183
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Institution Development for Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa written by Osabuohien, Evans S. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African countries are pursuing a number of development agendas toward achieving economic growth that is inclusive, pro-poor, and sustainable, particularly the type that can unleash the potential of women and booming youthful populations. However, available evidence shows that many African countries have experienced economic hardships and have performed more poorly than other developing and emerging countries in the global south. The Handbook of Research on Institution Development for Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa is an essential research publication that provides comprehensive research on the processes of building viable institutions in Africa that will serve as the fulcrum for utilizing and managing resources as well as promoting economic growth that is inclusive and sustainable. Featuring topics such as climate change, financial development, and poverty, this book is ideal for researchers, policymakers, developers, economic professionals, academicians, government officials, business professionals, and students.
Author : Chukwumerije Okereke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317505514
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Homegrown Development in Africa written by Chukwumerije Okereke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally driven development programmes have not been entirely successful in transforming the economic status of African countries. Since the late 1990s many African countries have started to take initiatives to develop an integrated framework that tackles poverty and promotes socio-economic development in their respective countries. This book provides a critical evaluation of ‘homegrown’ development initiatives in Africa, set up as alternatives to externally sponsored development. Focusing specifically on Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, the book takes a qualitative and comparative approach to offer the first ever in-depth analysis of indigenous development programmes. It examines: How far African states have moved towards more homegrown development strategies. The effects of the shift towards African homegrown socio-economic development strategies and the conditions needed to enhance their success and sustainability. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of development studies, international politics, political economy, public policy and African politics, sociology and economics.
Author : Tom Bigg
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 184977269X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)
Download or read book Survival for a Small Planet written by Tom Bigg and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications of crossing species boundaries. Among the supporters of the technology are those that believe in its potential to enhance food security, further economic development, increase productivity and reduce environmental pressures. As a result, countries - and sectors within countries - find themselves at odds with each other while potential opportunities for development offered by the use of biotechnology are seized or missed, and related risks go unmanaged.This book, a unique interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world, examines the ongoing debate. Writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, leading experts address issues such as diffusion of technology, intellectual property rights, the Cartagena Protocol, impacts of international trade, capacity building and biotechnology research and regulation. With the most recent and relevant examples from around the world, Trading in Genes offers the reader a single-volume overview of the connections between biotechnology, trade and sustainability that is both wide-ranging and thorough.
