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Author:   U. Aswathanarayana (Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad, India) ,  Rao S. Divi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.861kg
ISBN:  

9780415469852

ISBN 10:   0415469856
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   23 April 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1. Energy from coal, including case studies of China and South Africa; 2. Energy from oil and natural gas, including case studies of Russia and Saudi Arabia; 3. Nuclear energy, including case studies of Japan and India; 4. Renewable energy resources: hydroelectricity, geothermal energy, wind energy, biomass, solar energy; 5. Quo vadis?

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U. Aswathanarayana (General Editor) has extensive experience in teaching, research and development and in institutional capacity building in many countries. He has published various books on natural resources, food, water and environmental matters, in which a variety of techno-socio-economic approaches were focused on the core theme. He is the recipient of the Excellence in Geophysical Education (2005) and International Awards (2007) of the American Geophysical Union, Certificate of Recognition (2007) of the International Association of GeoChemistry, and Eminent Citizen Award in the area of Water Sciences (2007) of the Sivananda Trust, India. Rao S. Divi (Section 2), worked as a Research Scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada in the seventies, where he received international recognition for his contributions in Geostatistics and Tectonics. Subsequently, for many years he taught in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, where he obtained extensive knowledge of the various aspects of oil and natural gas.

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