Green Energy
An A-to-Z Guide

Edited by:

Dustin Mulvaney - University of California, Berkeley, USA

Volume: 1

Series:
The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future-Series Editor: Paul Robbins

June 2011 | 568 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description
Features

This initial volume in the SAGE Series on Green Society provides an overview of the social and environmental dimensions of our energy system, and the key organizations, policy tools, and technologies that can help shape a green-energy economy. Each entry draws on scholarship from across numerous social sciences, natural and physical sciences, and engineering. The urgency of climate change underscores the importance of getting the right technologies, policies and incentives, and social checks-and-balances in place.

This reference resource will prepare those with a sparking interest in the topic to participate in what will hopefully become an equitable and intergenerational conversation about the impacts of our energy consumption and how to make it cleaner and greener. Via its 150 signed entries, Green Energy: An A-to-Z Guide provides students, professors, and researchers an invaluable reference, presented in both print and electronic formats. Its clear and accessible writing style, together with vivid photos, numerous cross-references, extensive resource guide, and other pedagogical tools make it a valuable tool for the classroom as well as for research purposes.

Learn more about the Green Series, request a free 30-day online trial, or save on multiple titles at www.sagepub.com/greenseries

Available Formats

ISBN: 9781412996778 Hardcover Suggested Retail Price: $135.00 Bookstore Price: $108.00

Key features

A volume in the SAGE Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future, this work may be purchased in either print or electronic formats (print version to be available June 2011), on its own or with other volumes at a series discount.
Along with the signed articles, pedagogical elements include a Chronology, a Resource Guide to further information, a Glossary of energy terms, and an Appendix of statistics on energy use worldwide.
A Reader's Guide and a thorough Index are tied to the flexible search and browse features of the SAGE e-Reference platform.
Signed entries conclude with Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Reading.
A well-known Series Editor, Paul Robbins (University of Arizona; editor of the 5-volume Encyclopedia of Environment & Society) teams with Volume Editor Dustin Mulvaney (University of California, Santa Cruz) and a team of Contributing Authors from universities and institutions worldwide to provide authoritative content your readers can trust.

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BUNDLE: Mulvaney: Green Energy + Mulvaney: Green Politics + Mulvaney: Green Food + Cohen: Green Cities + Cohen: Green Business + Mansvelt: Green Consumerism