Overview
- Investigates various countries and their alternative fuel initiatives
- Analyses the environmental, economic and political ramifications of alternative fuel research and development
- Explores the issues of trade security, oil price volatility, climate change, greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and production costs associated with the development of alternative fuels
Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRMP, volume 41)
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Book Title: The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty
Book Subtitle: A Global Perspective
Editors: Govinda R. Timilsina, David Zilberman
Series Title: Natural Resource Management and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0518-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0517-1Published: 21 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5517-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0518-8Published: 20 May 2014
Series ISSN: 0929-127X
Series E-ISSN: 2511-8560
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management