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Energy in Agroecosystems
Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability is the first book on energy analysis that is up-to-date and specifically dedicated to agriculture. It is written from an agroecological perspective and goes beyond the conventional analysis of the efficient use of energy. The book provide a methodological guide to assess energy efficiency and sustainability from an eco-energetic point of view. Case studies from both Europe and America, which are representative of today’s most used scales of analysis (crop, farm, local or national) and the different farm management practices (traditional, industrialized, and contemporary organic), apply this methodology This book will be of primary interest to researchers, practitioners, and students working in the areas of agroecology, sustainable agriculture, environmental science, energy analysis, natural resources management, rural development and international development.
The Mountains of the Mediterranean World
An environmental history of the mountain areas of Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Morocco.
Sostenibilidad energética en el sector de la edificación en España y en la Unión Europea
El objetivo principal de este Trabajo de Investigación es proponer una nueva metodología para mejorar la eficiencia energética de inmuebles residenciales, que se adapte a las necesidades y a las demandas reales de sus ocupantes.Actualmente, los técnicos, a través de certificados energéticos, proponen a los propietarios de los inmuebles residenciales medidas energéticas basadas exclusivamente en el retorno de la inversión y disminución de emisiones de CO2 a través de modelos teóricos. Por ello es necesario crear un modelo de mejora basado en los hábitos de consumo, el nivel de concienciación, el nivel de confort de los ocupantes y los sistemas constructivos de los inmuebles resid...
National Approaches to the Administration of International Migration
Within the time frame of the 17th century to the mid 20th century, this book examines the migration experience of ten countries - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States - each with an important history of international migration.
Procurement and Financing of Motorways in Europe
This volume raises many challenging and controversial issues surrounding motorway procurement and finance in Europe. A somewhat surprising outcome is that a general appraisal bias can be identified in the following sense: Experts from countries which have introduced concession schemes for managing and financing of their motorways are very critical of these schemes, stressing their shortcomings and caveats. Some even conclude that public management under a regime of welfare maximisation would be desirable as a sustainable option. Experts from countries which have been sticking to public procurement and tax finance of motorways strongly attack the inefficiency of public planning regimes and th...
Poetics of Opposition in Contemporary Spain
Pairing cultural analysis in urban contexts with interdisciplinary approaches to political culture, this book argues that recent cultural production in Spain grapples with the conditions and possibilities for social transformation in dialogue with the ongoing crisis, neoliberal governance, and political culture in Spain's democratic history.
Why Democracy Failed
Reveals how political change and economic development led to the collapse of democracy and the origins of the Spanish Civil War.
New Serial Titles
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship
"In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire"--Provided by publisher.
