Overview
- Presents the view of small communities and what they can offer to current developments in terms of energy as well as the perspective of rural bioenergy producers
- Opens the debate on the linkages between energy and the environment in specifically the Northern European context.
- Looks at how an emergent Russia affects energy and environmental issues in the north
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation (STHE, volume 6)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Energy, Policy and the Environment in the North
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Energy, policy and the Environment in the North
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Challenges of National Energy Policy and the Environment
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Challenges of national energy policy and the environment
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Modeling Local Sustainable Development for the North
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About this book
This book sets the questions of energy and the environment in the North in the global context and further addresses historical developments, views on energy taxation and tariffs, and effects of EU energy policy.
Climate change appears more frequently than ever on the top of global and national policy agendas. In the current situation traditional environmental concern and environmental policy may not suffice in the face of the global challenge as manifested by climate change and the depletion of fossil energy resources. But as new data comes to light, new energy policies and changes in economic structures are crucial for putting into action global climate policy. Crucial tasks in environmental policy are the sustainable utilisation of natural resources and the conservation of natural and human-made habitats.
One of the areas of the world where this comes into play the most is in the Nordic countries. Northern societies are predominantly high tech, high consumption and high energy supply societies. And with the transition from older energy sources (wood for heating and stream water for power production) to newer ones (oil and nuclear energy) discussions on the environmental impact have led to public and corporate action. The Northern countries have been at the forefront in finding sustainable alternatives to solve conflicts arising from the rise in energy needs. However, these countries have taken different pathways with different policies in attempting to achieve this. As the needs and concerns from climate change arise, a Northern dimension, involving policies that contrast to European and global trends, emerges. Energy, Policy, and the Environment: Modeling Sustainable Development for the North explores that dimension.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Energy, Policy, and the Environment
Book Subtitle: Modeling Sustainable Development for the North
Editors: Marja Järvelä, Sirkku Juhola
Series Title: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0350-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer New York 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0349-4Published: 31 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3026-1Published: 27 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0350-0Published: 01 September 2011
Series ISSN: 1574-0501
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 226
Topics: Anthropology, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Social Policy, Sustainable Development, Climate Change