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This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. We … investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 19812005 and present empirical results obtained …, type of mode and passenger km. Patterns of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in private and public transport are …
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Energy plays a vital role in the development of any economy and given its unequal distribution trade in energy …, energy-related services were mostly supplied by the government. With liberalization and globalization the sector underwent … significant transformation. Many new services developed and large multinationals emerged which increased global trade in energy …
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Provision of modern energy services for cooking (gaseous fuels) and lighting (electricity) is an essential component of …, adequate, low-cost energy of quality and convenience is core to the delivery of these services. The present study analyses the … energy consumption pattern of Indian domestic sector and conceptualizes availability, accessibility, and affordability …
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The world energy market is undergoing a period of great turbulence, and major challenges to global energy security are … emerging. Under the current global economic crisis, the world energy demand is likely to stagnate for a couple of years ahead …. But in the long run, world energy demand is expected to rise again (China as a centerpiece), when the global economy …
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-term strategies focus on economic efficiency, long-term strategies also place more emphasis on ensuring energy security. With regard … countries engaging in very deep discussion and consideration over their supply security. Japan, which is also an energy … considering its own security policy. As Europe has done, Japan should also accelerate efforts toward ensuring future energy …
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This collection of papers in two volumes is the second in a series on China and East Asian Energy, a major project …. The research program is directed at understanding the factors influencing Chinas energy markets. It also involves high … regular dialogue with participants from the energy and policy sectors in the major markets in East Asia and Australia. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365541
This collection of papers in two volumes is the second in a series on China and East Asian Energy, a major project …. The research program is directed at understanding the factors influencing Chinas energy markets. It also involves high … regular dialogue with participants from the energy and policy sectors in the major markets in East Asia and Australia. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365550
This paper analyzes the impacts of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which were amplified by a failure of coordination across the plant, corporate, industrial, and regulatory levels, resulting in a nuclear catastrophe, comparable in...
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generation power producer after the United States. The electricity consumption per capita in 2001 was four times higher than it … was in 1980. Electricity supply has also been expended nationwide into rural areas. Furthermore, the Chinese electricity …
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even further in developing Asia. An additional transformation will be required for the trajectory of emissions and energy … effective deployment. Governments face a number of policy challenges, including : energy sector reform, economic reform …
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