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Thisbookalsospringsfrommyobservationthatwhiletherearemany
existingbooksofamore-or-lesstechnicalnatureonthethreeelementsof
this nexus, abookaddressing eachof themand their interdependencies
in a college-level primer for a broad global and multidisciplinary
audience would be valuable. Consideration of these and related
issues, and options for addressing them,will be priorities for all levels
of government. They will also be priorities for many levels of the
private sector in the decades ahead, both in developing and developed
nations. A handbook-style primer that provides an easily read and
informative introduction to, and overview of, these issues will
contribute broadly to public education. It will assist governments and
firms in carrying out their responsibilities to provide needed services
and goods in a sustainable manner, and help to encourage young
people to enter these fields. It will serve as an excellent mechanism
for exposure of experts in other fields to the issues associatedwith the
water-energy-environment nexus. Further, in addition to the audiences
mentioned above, target audiences include economists and others
in the finance communities who will analyze and provide the
needed investment funds, and those in the development community
responsible for planning and delivering services to underserved
populations.
The book is organized as follows: the first chapter will be devoted
to the concept of nexus and how the three elements, water, energy,
and environment, are inextricably linked. This recognition leads to
the conclusion that if society is to optimize their contributions to
human and planetary welfare they must be addressed jointly. No
longermust policy for eachof these elements be considered in its own
silo. Chapters 2 and 3will be devoted to spelling out global contexts
for water and energy issues, respectively. Chapter 4, on related
environmental issues, will address the issues of water contamination,
oil spills, fracking, radioactive waste storage, and global warming/
climate change. Chapter 5will be a discussion of energy efficiency –
i.e., the wise use of energy – and its role in limiting energy demand
and its associated benefits. Chapter 6will focus on the basics of fossil
fuels – coal, oil, natural gas –which today dominate global energy
demand. Chapter 7 will discuss nuclear-fission-powered electricity
production,which today accounts for 10%of global electricity. It will
also discuss the prospects for controlled nuclear fusion.Chapter 8will
Water,Energy,andEnvironment–APrimerxii
Water, Energy, and Environment
A Primer
- Titel
- Water, Energy, and Environment
- Untertitel
- A Primer
- Autor
- Allan R. Hoffman
- Verlag
- IWA Publishing
- Datum
- 2019
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 9781780409665
- Abmessungen
- 14.0 x 21.0 cm
- Seiten
- 218
- Schlagwörter
- Environmental Sciences, Water, Renewable Energy, Environmental Technology
- Kategorie
- Technik