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An introduction to energy demand challenges in Europe
(Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)
This opening chapter calls for greater attention to energy demand challenges in Europe. It argues that many obstacles and opportunities in achieving the so-called energy transition are social and cultural in nature and ...
Rural emigration to international destinations and return: a perspective from Ireland
(Faculty of Letters, University of Porto, 2019)
This chapter aims to contribute to a better understanding of international emigration from and return to rural areas
using evidence from Ireland. The paper introduces key concepts relating to migration and return more ...
Conclusion: Comparing household energy use across Europe uncovering opportunities for sustainable transformation
(Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)
This chapter considers the similarities and differences between ten European countries in relation to meso-level considerations when it comes to household energy usage. We uncover the governing frameworks and policies ...
Framing the sustainable energy challenge and implications for solutions
(Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)
Sustainable consumption policies often rely on ecological modernisation rationality, where the focus is usually on making current consumption patterns more sustainable in such a way that status quo (ideas about the quality ...
Employment and population, 1996-2016: growth, recession and delayed recovery
(Geography Publications, 2018)
Introduction
The two decades from 1996 to 2016 included a period of rapid economic growth
internationally, until about 2008, followed by a deep recession from which many countries
are still recovering.1 These changes ...
Intervening for human security
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020-10-06)
[No abstract available]
Regimes of performance: practices of the normalised self in the neoliberal university
(Routledge, 2017-09-13)
Universities today inescapably find themselves part of nationally and
globally competitive networks that appear firmly inflected by neoliberal
concerns of rankings, benchmarking and productivity. This, of course,
has ...
Haven: The Mediterranean crisis and human security
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020-10-06)
[No abstract available]