 | Energy Issues and Options for Developing Countries Subjects: Built Environment; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Engineering & Technology; Environment and Sustainability; Social Sciences; Energy; Development Policy; Economics and Development; Environment & the Global South; Power & Energy; Environmental Policy; Environmental Politics; Environmental Issues; Environment & Resources; Environment & Economics; Planning; Economics; Sociology & Social Policy; Energy policy and economics; Planning and Sustainability; Industrial Economics; International Economics; Sociology of Science & Technology; Originally published in 1989. This book presents the situation regarding energy provision and policy in developing countries. It looks at Enhanced Oil Recovery, Hydropower and small energy packages suitable for rural areas including renewable energies and the various needs and systems affected such as water pumping and telecommunications. Each section is broken down into salient issues and information is provided on environmental issues, socioeconomic issues, costs and limitatioons and what is considered the state-of-the-art in each area. The final section offers a view of the application of computing technology in energy planning. |
