Water and Energy : Threats and Opportunities


Gustaf. Olsson
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
London : : IWA Publishing, , 2012.
Omfang
1 online resource (300 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""A guide for the reader""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""PART I: Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The water and energy nexus ""; ""1.1. The Water and Energy Interrelationship""; ""1.2. The Supply of Water""; ""1.3. Expedients for Water""; ""1.4. Quantity and Quality""; ""1.5. Chapter Summary""; ""1.6. More to Read""; ""Chapter 2: Competition and conflicts between water and energy""; ""2.1. Conflicts Over Shared Water and Energy Resources""; ""2.2. Primary Energy Sources""; ""2.3. Electrical Energy Generation"". - ""11.3. Oil Accidents and Spills"". - ""2.4. Industrial Pollution""""2.5 Chapter Summary""; ""2.6 More to Read""; ""Chapter 3: The demand for holistic solutions""; ""3.1. Consequences of the Water and Energy Nexus""; ""3.2. Integrated Solutions""; ""3.3. Water, Energy and Food Security""; ""3.4. Sustainability""; ""3.5. Finding Efficient Driving Forces""; ""3.6. Chapter Summary""; ""3.7. More to Read""; ""PART II: Water vs. climate, population and food ""; ""Chapter 4: The climate change""; ""4.1. The Global Warming""; ""4.2. Climate Meetings""; ""4.3. The Greenhouse Effect""; ""4.4. The Greenhouse Gases"". - ""4.5. The Global Warming Potential""""4.6. Reducing Carbon Emissions""; ""4.7. Chapter Summary""; ""4.8. More to Read""; ""Chapter 5: Population""; ""5.1. The Population Growth""; ""5.2. Urbanisation""; ""5.3. Chapter Summary""; ""5.4. More to Read""; ""Chapter 6: Food, water and energy""; ""6.1. Water for Agriculture""; ""6.2. The Water Footprint and Virtual Water""; ""6.3. Energy for Agriculture""; ""6.4. Biofuel and Food""; ""6.5. Women and Water � the Gender Issue""; ""6.6. Food Prices""; ""6.7. Chapter Summary""; ""6.8. More to Read""; ""Chapter 7: Global water resources"". - ""7.1. The Climate Change Influence""""7.2. Groundwater""; ""7.3. Some Regions Having Too Little or Too Much Water""; ""7.4. A Systems Approach""; ""7.5. Chapter Summary""; ""7.6. More to Read""; ""Chapter 8: Opportunities � the water demand side""; ""8.1. Consumer Attitudes and Lifestyles""; ""8.2. Water Pricing""; ""8.3. The Value of Water""; ""8.4. The Consumer � Raising The Awareness""; ""8.5. Governing Water and Energy""; ""8.6. Chapter Summary""; ""8.7. More to Read""; ""PART III: Water for energy ""; ""Chapter 9: Water footprint of energy production and conversion"". - ""9.1. The Global Energy""""9.2. Metric""; ""9.3. Primary Energy Sources""; ""9.4. Electrical Power Generation""; ""9.5. Trends""; ""9.6. Chapter Summary""; ""9.7. More to Read""; ""Chapter 10: Hydropower""; ""10.1. Incentives for Hydropower and Dam Building""; ""10.2. Costs for Dam Building""; ""10.3. Examples of Hydropower and Water Resource Conflicts""; ""10.4. Small Hydropower Plants""; ""10.5. Integrated Planning""; ""10.6. Chapter Summary""; ""10.7 More to Read""; ""Chapter 11: Fossil fuels""; ""11.1. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Exploration""; ""11.2. Quality of “Produced� Water""
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