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Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace

Hans Günter Brauch , John Grin , Úrsula Oswald Spring , Jürgen Scheffran

In this book 60 authors from many disciplines and from 18 countries on ?ve continents examine in ten parts: Moving towards Sustainability Transition; Aiming at Sustainable Peace; Meeting Challenges of the 21st Century: Demographic Imbalances, Temperature Rise and...

Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts

Hans P. Blaschek , Thaddeus C. Ezeji , Jürgen Scheffran

Traditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid...

Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of Energy and Co-products

Peter N. Mascia , Jürgen Scheffran , Jack M. Widholm

This book is a collection of chapters concerning the use of biomass for the sustainable production of energy and chemicals–an important goal that will help decrease the production of greenhouse gases to help mitigate global warming, provide energy security in the face...

Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy

Madhu Khanna , Jürgen Scheffran , David Zilberman

Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Public policies and private investments around the globe are aiming to...

Agent-Based Computational Modelling

Francesco C. Billari , Thomas Fent , Alexia Prskawetz , Jürgen Scheffran