1st Edition

Key Thinkers for the Information Society Volume One

Edited By Christopher May Copyright 2003
    206 Pages
    by Routledge

    206 Pages
    by Routledge

    Key Thinkers for the Information Society provides an introduction to some important social theorists whose work has considerable relevance to today's 'brave new world' of information and communication technologies. With the aim of widening current perspectives on the information society, each contributor introduces a particular theorist and discusses the way in which their insights can be reintroduced into debates regarding the social, political and cultural impact of ICTs. Theorists presented in Volume 1 include some well-known and some less well-known figures: Walter Benjamin; Murray Edeleman; Jacques Ellul; Harold Innes; Lewis Mumford; Karl Polanyi; Eric Elmer Scattachneider and Raymond Williams. Each has something fresh and pertinent to say and taken as a whole this volume provides an exciting new resource for contemporary studies.

    Members of The Watt Committee on Energy Working Group on Renewable Energy Sources

    Foreword

    G.K.C.PARDOE

    PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE REPORT

    Introduction and summary

    The place of renewable energy as an energy source

    R.SCHNEIDER

    PART 2: TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE

    Tidal energy

    Wave energy

    Wind energy

    Small scale hydro-electric energy

    Geothermal energy

    Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)

    Solar thermal technologies and photovoltaics

    Biofuels

    PART 3: SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS

    Environment

    Integration of renewable energy sources in electrical power systems

    Economics of renewable energy sources

    The Watt Committee on Energy: Objectives, Historical Background and Current Programme

    Member Institutions of The Watt Committee on Energy

    Watt Committee Reports

    Biography

    May, Christopher