Cloth hardcover, x + 224 pages, NOT ex-library. Interior is clean and bright throughout, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Binding shows minor manufacturing imperfections, remains firm with strong hinges. Gentle dusty marks on upper page edges externally. Dust jacket shows white shelfworn/rubbed marks, untorn, clean, in very good condition. -- Contents: Foreword; 1. Introduction [Global Energy Problem; Energy Supply in the Third World and the Humid Tropics]; 2. Rural Energy Production and Consumption [Rural Economy and the Rural Energy Mix; Special Position of Fuelwood in the Rural Energy Economy; Nature of Fuelwood; Urban Demand and the Commercial Fuelwood Industry; Land Tenure and Fuelwood]; 3. Ecological Constraints for Fuelwood Production [Tree Biology in the Tropics; Community Interactions; Environmental Constraints]; 4. Relations with Agriculture [Husbandry Systems and Their Ecological Character; Land Rotation and Shifting Systems; Permanent Cultivation Systems; Permanent Tree and Shrub Systems; Management of Semi-Natural Forests and Woodlands; Agroforestry Systems; Pastoral Systems; Arable / Pastoral Systems; Integration of Agriculture and Fuelwood Production; Towards Ecological Diversity]; 5. Rural Energy Policy: Alternative Energy Strategies [Fuel Substitution: The Uses of and Search for Conventional Sources of Fuel and Power; Fuel Substitution: Non-Conventional Sources of Power and the Search for Alternative Energy Technology; Fuelwood Production Systems and Improved Management; Greater Efficiency in Energy Production and Use; Diffusion of Energy Innovations]; 6. Policy for Research and for Development Strategies [Rural Energy and Fuelwood Research and Development Policy; Short-Term Strategies; Medium-Term Strategies; Long-Term Strategies; Role of the United Nations University in Rural Energy Research]; Bibliography.

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Title: Fuelwood and Rural Energy Production and Supply in the Humid Tropics: A Report for the United Nations University with Special Reference to Tropical Africa and South-East Asia (Natural Resources and the Environment)
Publisher: Tycooly, Dublin, Ireland
Publication Date: 1981
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0907567037
ISBN 13: 9780907567035
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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