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| Other authors / contributors: | Labanca, Nicola, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9783319337531
331933753X
9783319337524
3319337521
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 10, 2017).
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| Summary: | Part I. The social construction of complex systems. 1. Complex systems: the latest human artefact -- 2. Energy and complex systems dynamics -- Part II. Complex systems and sustainable energy transitions. 3. Complexification in the energiewende -- 4. Present energy metabolism and the future of renewables -- 5. Hierarchies, power and the problem of governing complex systems -- 6. Polycentric governance approaches for a low-carbon transition: the roles of community-based energy initiatives in enhancing the resilience of future energy systems -- 7. Energy conservation policies in the light of the energetics of evolution -- Part III. Complex systems, social practices and issues generated by reification. 8. Ontological fallacies linked to energy, information and related technologies -- 9. Energy and social practice: from abstractions to dynamic processes -- 10. Radical transitions from fossil fuel to renewables: a change of posture -- 11. An analysis of everyday life activities and their consequences for energy use -- 12. Making energy grids smart: The transition of sociotechnical apparatuses towards a new ontology -- 13. Grid dependencies and change capacities: people and demand response under renewables -- 14. Energy systems and energy-related practices -- Part IV. Summary and conclusions. 15. Key messages from the authors of the book.
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| Other form: | Print version: Complex systems and social practices in energy transitions. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017 9783319337524 3319337521
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-33753-1
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