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پدید آورنده
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رده
HD9502.A2 J48 2008eb
HD9502
.
A2
J48
2008eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1435616251
(Number (ISBN
1844074625
(Number (ISBN
1849773106
(Number (ISBN
9781435616257
(Number (ISBN
9781844074624
(Number (ISBN
9781849773102
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b767610
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Jevons paradox and the myth of resource efficiency improvements /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
John M. Polimeni [and others].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sterling, VA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Earthscan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (184 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Earthscan research editions
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature; Chapter 3 The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for Scientific Analysis; Chapter 4 Empirical Evidence for the Jevons Paradox; Chapter 5 Conclusion; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'This extraordinary and timely book focuses on a basic problem involved in achieving major energy conservation. As the authors explain the Jevons Paradox emphasizes that simply reducing energy use in one system actually often results in increasing energy use in another system. The issue of sustainability cannot be handled just by looking for silver bullets ... ' DAVID PIMENTEL PROFESSOR EMERITUS DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CORNELL UNIVERSITY 'Efficiency first does not give frugality second; it makes frugality less necessary. But if we seek frugality first we get efficiency se.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Jevons paradox and the myth of resource efficiency improvements.
International Standard Book Number
9781844074624
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Energy consumption.
Energy development.
Energy policy.
Natural resources-- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
Energy consumption.
Energy development.
Energy policy.
Natural resources-- Management.
NATURE-- Natural Resources.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
BUS-- 094000
BUS-- 099000
NAT-- 038000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
333
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7
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HD9502
.
A2
Book number
J48
2008eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Polimeni, John M.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206130218.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
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Electronic name
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