Providing a comprehensive overview of the principal renewable energy sources, this work explains the underlying physical and technological principles, and examines environmental impacts and prospects. It also includes the advances in renewable energy technology and reflects the increasing concerns over the environmental impact.

#It s a fantastic book (2010-05-10) It s a fantastic book. It gives detailed information on all types of renewable energies. I am sure, you won t find this kind of information on internet at one place.

#Good solid book - a valuable guide. (2010-02-16) One of my favourite books on renewable energy. A thorough account of every renewable energy form out there, is uses, its benefits and its draw backs. WEll reserached, well written, if anything a little too technical for me in some places but i am a relative newcomer to the subject. Everything is well illustrated and explained. A very valuable resource to have on your desk. Besides being a bit technical for me in some cases, it is now a little old (2004 i think) and the renewable enery industry is changing all the time. If a new ver...

#Interesting Book (2009-03-10) This book is very interesting and gives a lot of important information. Mostly it is readable for people with some scientific knowledge, but some parts require more advanced knowledge.

#Good general overview, well presented (2008-12-18) This is one of the first books I read on this subject. It s very well presented and written (like most open university materials). It has chapters on most of the important renewable energy technologies. It explains the principles and most important topics in an understanable way. It introduces some of the most important equations, but it s not a long list of mathematical derivations.

#Very informative book (2007-08-08) This book is used as a study material at the Open University in Energy for a sustainable future course (T206). The boook won t tell you how to fit a solar panel or a wind turbine on your roof nor how to connect your panels to the battery but it will tell you about various renewable energy sources and its pros and cons. The book looks at the energy needs on local, national and international scale, not on individuals scale. Each chapter also has a large list of references for further information. There is a lot of calculations present so, you ll be a...

Includes coverage of the USA, with case studies examining the role of huge American corporations such as Wal-Mart and General Electric. This title looks at China and the global impact this economic giant may have in the 21st century.

#Can capitalism ever be truly sustainable? (2008-10-03) In a consumer society slowly eating itself, there s no more pressing question than whether or not capitalism and sustainability can ever go together. Johnathon Porritt sets out here to prove that they can. On the one hand, global capitalism as we know it today would appear to be inherently incompatible with the pursuit of either ecological sustainability or social justice. On the other hand, capitalism is now the only economic game in town. Capitalism has been effective in providing goods and services, in creating wealth and ra...

#A revelation (2007-06-03) A revelation. Really an excellent book. It should be read by all political and business leaders. It really should be read by everyone who is literate. Whether you think he s soft on capitalism or not, he recognises that the only solution is to work with it. And how.

#A bold new vision for capitalism (2007-04-04) Activist Jonathon Porritt offers the startling proposal that capitalism may provide the best solution to poverty and global environmental degradation, though his solution requires reshaping capitalism. Porritt is aware that conventional environmental activists, greens and political academics favor socialism more than capitalism. However, he takes them to task for ignoring the power and potential of such capitalist mechanisms as markets and property rights and for their naïveté in expecting voters or political leaders to embrace their d...

#Important and Impressive (2007-02-23) A hugely important and passionate book written by someone who has real gravitas in this field. The messages are profound and they are pragmatic. The weight of Porritts intellect, based on 40 years of engagement in the environmental cause, is staggering and stretches into economics, business, psychology and ecology. Read it. Then read it again. And then get engaged in the debates that it raises. It matters.

#The Definitive Message for the Future (2006-08-24) Porritt is THE leading environmental crusader in the UK and now vitally close to both governments and large corporations. Here is a man who has been working every minute god gives him for the last 40 years to promote social and environmental change. His knowledge of this subject is unequalled, all the major environmental analyses over the past 20 years are distilled within this elegant summary. His message is clear, -- Sure we could do with total social change but this isn t going to happen in the next 10 years and watching climate ...

Assuming no prior knowledge of economics, this book is divided into two parts, where Part One explains the relevant economic concepts, such as markets, environmental valuation, risk, and trade. Part Two then uses these concepts in understanding and developing policy responses to some of the major environmental issues.

#A great introductory read! (2005-06-28) I was impressed by the ease at which Nick Hanley manages to put across subjects, as I have found some of his other texts overly complicated and academic. This book would be relevant for any undergraduate students looking for an introduction for an Environmental Economics course. It s well referenced and up-to-date with a sound basis for those who haven t studied Economics at A-level (or similar). It s useful as an introduction but those looking for more depth are unlikely to be satisfied with this text.

This work examines theories (models) of how systems (those of humans, nature, and combined human-natural systems) function, and attempts to understand those theories and how they can help researchers develop effective institutions and policies for environmental management.

#Overview of Important Research (2009-04-04) This is an edited collection of articles that captures an overview of the work of the Resilience Alliance: an informal network of researchers from many disciplines, all with a common interest in the environment and sustainability. There is a good consistent style across all chapters, and very careful editorial control to make sure the book is coherent, with comprehensive coverage of the network s work. An important aspect of the work reported in this book is that it is grounded in extensive (in terms of both breadth and depth) empirical st...