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Energy in Nature and Society is a systematic and exhaustive analysis of all the major energy sources, storages, flows, and conversions that have shaped the evolution of the biosphere and civilization. Vaclav Smil uses fundamental unifying metrics (most notably for power density and energy intensity) to provide an integrated framework for analyzing all segments of energetics (the study of energy flows and their transformations). The book explores not only planetary energetics (such as solar radiation and geomorphic processes) and bioenergetics (photosynthesis, for example) but also human energetics (such as metabolism and thermoregulation), tracing them from hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies through modern-day industrial civilization. Included are chapters on heterotrophic conversions, traditional agriculture, preindustrial complexification, fossil fuels, fossil-fueled civilization, the energetics of food, and the implications of energetics for the environment. The book concludes with an examination of general patterns, trends, and socioeconomic considerations of energy use today, looking at correlations between energy and value, energy and the economy, energy and quality of life, and energy futures. Throughout the book, Smil chooses to emphasize the complexities and peculiarities of the real world, and the counterintuitive outcomes of many of its processes, over abstract models. Energy in Nature and Society provides a unique, comprehensive, single-volume analysis and reference source on all important energy matters, from natural to industrial energy flows, from fuels to food, from the Earth's formation to possible energy futures, and can serve as a text for courses in energy studies, global ecology, earth systems science, biology, and chemistry. Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba and the author of many books, including Energy at the Crossroads (2003), The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change (2002), and Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization (1998), all of which are published by The MIT Press.

General ecology and biosociology --- Relation between energy and economics --- #SBIB:316.334.5U34 --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: milieuproblematiek --- Bioenergetics --- Energy budget (Geophysics) --- Budget, Energy (Geophysics) --- Geophysics --- Energy balance (Biology) --- Energy budget (Biology) --- Energy dynamics (Ecology) --- Energy utilization (Biology) --- Biochemistry --- Bioenergetics.

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Addresses the societal and practical needs of housing associations, in order to develop better instruments for performance measurement. This book features a range of examples that are related to the public tasks of Dutch housing association. It ascertains a general guideline for performance management by housing associations.

Housing, Cooperative --Netherlands. --- Housing, Cooperative --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- Business & Economics --- Housing authorities --- Housing --- Housing policy --- Public housing --- #SBIB:316.334.5U10 --- #SBIB:35H202 --- #SBIB:35H436 --- Co-housing --- Co-ops (Housing) --- Cohousing --- Cooperative housing --- Housing cooperatives --- Mutual housing --- Common interest ownership communities --- Cooperation --- Communal living --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: wonen en huisvesting --- Overheidsmanagement: prestatiemanagement --- Beleidssectoren: welzijn, volksgezondheid en cultuur

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Environmentalism --- Environmental protection --- Environmental policy --- Citizen participation --- #SBIB:324H74 --- #SBIB:316.334.5U43 --- Politieke verandering: sociale bewegingen --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: milieubewegingen --- Environmentalism - Europe --- Environmental protection - Europe --- Environmental protection - Europe - Citizen participation --- Environmental policy - Europe --- Environmentalism - Europe - Case studies --- Environmental protection - Europe - Case studies --- Environmental protection - Europe - Citizen participation - Case studies

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L'ouvrage s'ouvre sur les réponses apportées par le Ministre-Président de la Région bruxelloise aux questions que l'auteur lui a posées à l'issue de son investigation. Depuis 1994, Bruxelles est dotée de programmes de revitalisation urbaine incluant une dimension participative, les Contrats de quartier. Cette participation agit comme une 'mise à l'épreuve' des différents acteurs rassemblés, professionnels de la politique et spécialistes de la ville d'un côté, citoyens ordinaires et non spécialistes de l'autre. Ce livre est l'occasion de faire le tour d'horizon, en textes et en images, de l'ensemble de ces 'exercices' pratiques qui accompagnent un engagement à "faire participer" pour les uns et à "participer" pour les autres. Il pose, sur cette base, les perspectives d'une gouvernance urbaine plus réflexive et d'institutions participatives capables d'apprendre d'elles-mêmes.

Urban renewal --- Contracts --- Urban policy --- Rénovation urbaine --- Contrats --- Politique urbaine --- Interpretation and construction --- Citizen participation --- Interprétation --- Participation des citoyens --- Contrat de quartier --- Participation urbaine --- Revitalisation urbaine --- Bruxelles --- #SBIB:316.334.5U41 --- #SBIB:316.334.5U20 --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: inspraak en participatie m.b.t. ruimtelijke planning en huisvesting --- Sociologie van stad (buurt, wijk, community, stadsvernieuwing) --- Rénovation urbaine --- Interprétation --- Belgium --- Brussels (Belgium) --- Démocratie participative --- Participation de l'usager --- Quartier

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Sociology of environment --- Community organization --- Brussels --- #SBIB:316.334.5U41 --- Wijkcontracten --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: inspraak en participatie m.b.t. ruimtelijke planning en huisvesting --- Beleid (stedenbouw) --- Bewonersparticipatie --- #SBIB:316.334.5U20 --- 711.4 --- 711.16 --- 351.778.6 --- 316.334.54 --- 728 --- 728.4 --- 711.61 --- 72.036 --- 72.037 --- Brussel --- Brussel (gewest) --- Sociologie van stad (buurt, wijk, community, stadsvernieuwing) --- Stedenbouw --- Stadsvernieuwing --- Stedelijk beleid --- Woningbouw (architectuur) --- Sociale huisvesting (architectuur) --- Openbare ruimte --- Publieke ruimte --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- 21ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Eenentwintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- Urban renewal --- Belgium --- Brussels (Belgium) --- Contracts --- Interpretation and construction