New and Renewable Technologies for Sustainable Development
By: edited by Naim Hamdia Afgan, Maria Graça Carvalho
Contributors: Carvalho, Maria Graça
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9781461502968
Description: These Conference Proceedings will enlighten various fields of scientific and economic development which should merge efforts in the understanding of the sustainable development concept and technological implications. Engineering practitioners, product developers, researchers and also economists, political scientists and government administrators explore the multifaceted relationship between renewable energy technologies and sustainable development. Keynote lectures frame the technical and policy issues confronting the sustainable development movement and enrich the dialog between various segments of the community. This dialog provides the context for more detailed technical presentations and panel discussions on energy systems, renewable resource exploitation, and the engineering design and optimisation for minimum resource consumption.