Overview
The first international book to address the wide-ranging socio-economic impacts of bioenergy
Offers a multi-disciplinary, multi-national analysis of different bioenergy value chains
Builds on results of the EU-supported project on “Global Assessment of Biomass of Bio-product Impacts on Socio-Economics and Sustainability”
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Around the world, many countries are increasing efforts to promote biomass production for industrial uses including biofuels and bio-products such as chemicals and bio-plastic. Against a backdrop of lively public debate on sustainability, bioenergy wields both positive and negative impacts upon a variety of environmental and socio-economic issues. These include property rights, labor conditions, social welfare, economic wealth, poverty reduction and more. This book discusses the issues and impacts of bioenergy, taking into account the local and regional framework under which bioenergy is produced, touching upon educational level, cultural aspects, the history and economies of the producing countries and an array of policies including environmental and social targets.
The book surveys and analyzes global bioenergy production from a number of perspectives. The authors illustrate the complexity of interrelated topics in the bioenergy value chain, ranging from agriculture to conversion processes, as well as from social implications to environmental effects. It goes on to offer insight on future challenges associated with the expected boom of a global bio-based economy, which contributes to the paradigm shift from a fossil-based to a biomass and renewable energy-based economy.
The expert contributors include researchers, investors, policy makers, representatives from NGOs and other stakeholders, from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Their contributions build upon the results of the Global-Bio-Pact project on “Global Assessment of Biomass and Bio-product Impacts on Socio-economics and Sustainability,” which was supported by the European Commission in its 7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development, conducted from February 2010 to January 2013.
The book benefits policy makers, scientists and NGO staffers working in the fields of agriculture, forestry, biotechnology and energy.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production
Editors: Dominik Rutz, Rainer Janssen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03829-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03828-5Published: 07 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35177-3Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03829-2Published: 23 February 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 297
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Renewable and Green Energy, Social Sciences, general, Environment, general