Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production

Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production edited by Dominik Rutz, Rainer Janssen.

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 va...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rutz, Dominik (Editor), Janssen, Rainer (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Renewable energy resources.
Social sciences.
Environment.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Socio-economic impact assessment tools
  • 2. Indicators for socio-economic sustainability assessment
  • 3. Test auditing of socio-economic indicators for biofuel production
  • 4. Linkages between socio-economic and environmental impacts of bioenergy
  • 5. Socio-economic impacts of biofuels on land use change
  • 6. The effects of bioenergy production on food security
  • 7. Socio-economic impacts of sweet sorghum in temperate and tropical regions
  • 8. The use of soybean by-products as a biofuel: the Argentine case
  • 9. Socio-economic impacts of palm oil and biodiesel: the case of Indonesia
  • 10. Socio-economic experiences of different jatropha business models in Africa
  • 11. Socio-economic impacts of jatropha oil and biodiesel in Mali
  • 12. Socio-economic impacts of bioethanol from sugar cane in Brazil
  • 13. Socio-economic effects of the sugar cane-to-ethanol production chain in Costa Rica
  • 14. Socio-economic impacts of a lignocellulosic ethanol refinery in Canada
  • 15. Biogas from organic waste in African cities
  • 16. Analysis of socio-economic indicators on different bioenergy case studies
  • 17. Summary: The contribution of bioenergy to energy access and energy security
  • Index.

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