| ISBN: | 9781849711036
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| 专著题名: | Bioenergy for Sustainable Development and International Competitiveness: The Role of Sugar Cane in Africa |
| 作者: | Johnson, F. X.; V. Seebaluck eds.
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| 出版者: | Routledge
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| 出版年: | 2012
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| 国家: | 瑞典
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文摘要: | This book describes how the bioenergy expansion will improve rural livelihoods, reduce costly energy imports, reduce GHG emissions, and offer new development paths.
Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels have intensified interest in bioenergy from sugar cane and other crops, highlighting important links between energy, environment and development goals. Southern and Eastern Africa are characterized by severe poverty; the possibility to exploit a renewable energy resource offers valuable avenues for sustainable development and could support a more dynamic and competitive economy.
Drawing on international experience, particularly from Brazil and India, it is shown that harnessing this potential will require significant increases in investment, technology transfer, and international cooperation. Because of its high efficiency, the authors argue that sugar cane should be viewed as a global resource for sustainable development and should command much greater focus and concerted policy action. Through an analysis of the agronomy, land suitability and industrial processing of sugar cane and its co-products, along with an assessment of the energy, economic and environmental implications, this volume demonstrates that sugar cane offers a competitive and environmentally beneficial resource for Africa's economic development and energy security.
With 44 authors representing 30 organisations in 16 countries, the book offers a truly international and interdisciplinary perspective by combining technical and economic principles with social, political and environmental assessment and policy analysis. |
| URL: | https://www.sei-international.org/publications?pid=1998
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| 资源类型: | 专著
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/2254
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| Appears in Collections: | 气候减缓与适应
气候变化事实与影响
气候变化与战略
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Johnson, F. X.,V. Seebaluck eds.. Bioenergy for Sustainable Development and International Competitiveness: The Role of Sugar Cane in Africa[M]:Routledge,2012-01-01.
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