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Tom Kuhlman; Vasco Diogo; Eric Koomen. Exploring the potential of reed as a bioenergy crop in the Netherlands. Biomass and Bioenergy 2013, 55, 41 -52.
AMA StyleTom Kuhlman, Vasco Diogo, Eric Koomen. Exploring the potential of reed as a bioenergy crop in the Netherlands. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2013; 55 ():41-52.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTom Kuhlman; Vasco Diogo; Eric Koomen. 2013. "Exploring the potential of reed as a bioenergy crop in the Netherlands." Biomass and Bioenergy 55, no. : 41-52.
Energy security has become a priority as the world’s population increases and its standard of living improves, thus increasing energy consumption. As the demand for energy increases, there is growing concern about the possible exhaustion of finite supplies of fossil fuels in the not-too-distant future. In addition to the problem of availability, combustion of fossil fuels also has negative environmental effects: air pollution (e.g. particulates, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide) produced through the combustion of fossil fuels, threatens human health as well as plant and animal life. Furthermore, the combustion of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, thus contributing to an increase in global temperature. These considerations lead to a search for alternative, renewable sources of energy, one of which is bioenergy.
Tom Kuhlman; René Verburg; Janneke Van Dijk; Nga Phan-Drost. Biomass on Peat Soils? Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe 2011, 97 -116.
AMA StyleTom Kuhlman, René Verburg, Janneke Van Dijk, Nga Phan-Drost. Biomass on Peat Soils? Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe. 2011; ():97-116.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTom Kuhlman; René Verburg; Janneke Van Dijk; Nga Phan-Drost. 2011. "Biomass on Peat Soils?" Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe , no. : 97-116.
Katharina Helming; Katharina Diehl; Tom Kuhlman; Torbjörn Jansson; Peter Verburg; Martha Bakker; Marta Perez-Soba; Laurence Jones; Pieter Johannes Verkerk; Paul Tabbush; Jake Breton Morris; Zuzana Drillet; John Farrington; Pierre LeMouël; Paul Zagame; Tomasz Stuczynski; Grzegorz Siebielec; Stefan Sieber; Hubert Wiggering. Ex Ante Impact Assessment of Policies Affecting Land Use, Part B: Application of the Analytical Framework. Ecology and Society 2011, 16, 1 .
AMA StyleKatharina Helming, Katharina Diehl, Tom Kuhlman, Torbjörn Jansson, Peter Verburg, Martha Bakker, Marta Perez-Soba, Laurence Jones, Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Paul Tabbush, Jake Breton Morris, Zuzana Drillet, John Farrington, Pierre LeMouël, Paul Zagame, Tomasz Stuczynski, Grzegorz Siebielec, Stefan Sieber, Hubert Wiggering. Ex Ante Impact Assessment of Policies Affecting Land Use, Part B: Application of the Analytical Framework. Ecology and Society. 2011; 16 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatharina Helming; Katharina Diehl; Tom Kuhlman; Torbjörn Jansson; Peter Verburg; Martha Bakker; Marta Perez-Soba; Laurence Jones; Pieter Johannes Verkerk; Paul Tabbush; Jake Breton Morris; Zuzana Drillet; John Farrington; Pierre LeMouël; Paul Zagame; Tomasz Stuczynski; Grzegorz Siebielec; Stefan Sieber; Hubert Wiggering. 2011. "Ex Ante Impact Assessment of Policies Affecting Land Use, Part B: Application of the Analytical Framework." Ecology and Society 16, no. 1: 1.
Sustainability as a policy concept has its origin in the Brundtland Report of 1987. That document was concerned with the tension between the aspirations of mankind towards a better life on the one hand and the limitations imposed by nature on the other hand. In the course of time, the concept has been re-interpreted as encompassing three dimensions, namely social, economic and environmental. The paper argues that this change in meaning (a) obscures the real contradiction between the aims of welfare for all and environmental conservation; (b) risks diminishing the importance of the environmental dimension; and (c) separates social from economic aspects, which in reality are one and the same. It is proposed instead to return to the original meaning, where sustainability is concerned with the well-being of future generations and in particular with irreplaceable natural resources—as opposed to the gratification of present needs which we call well-being. A balance needs to be found between those two, but not by pretending they are three sides of the same coin. Although we use up natural resources at the expense of future generations, we also generate capital (including knowledge) which raises future well-being. A major question is to what extent the one compensates for the other. This debate centres around the problem of substitutability, which has been cast into a distinction between ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ sustainability. It is argued that these two do not need to be in opposition but complement one another.
Tom Kuhlman; John Farrington. What is Sustainability? Sustainability 2010, 2, 3436 -3448.
AMA StyleTom Kuhlman, John Farrington. What is Sustainability? Sustainability. 2010; 2 (11):3436-3448.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTom Kuhlman; John Farrington. 2010. "What is Sustainability?" Sustainability 2, no. 11: 3436-3448.
The agricultural sector in the Netherlands has lost much of its importance over the last 50 years in terms of the number of people involved and its relative contribution to the economy - even though production is still increasing. Yet, the area under agricultural use has changed relatively little: farmland still dominates the country. The question for the future is how expected further changes in agriculture will affect agricultural land use: how much land will be taken out of production and to what use it will be put. This is especially relevant now that the Dutch Government has decided to loosen its grip on spatial planning. Two opposing socio-economic scenarios are therefore drafted that offer a coherent view on agricultural change, external pressures and government intervention. Implementing these in a land use simulation model provides an initial answer to the possible future of agricultural land in the country. Copyright (c) 2005 by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG.
Eric Koomen; Tom Kuhlman; Jan Groen; Arno Bouwman. SIMULATING THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN THE NETHERLANDS. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 2005, 96, 218 -224.
AMA StyleEric Koomen, Tom Kuhlman, Jan Groen, Arno Bouwman. SIMULATING THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN THE NETHERLANDS. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 2005; 96 (2):218-224.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEric Koomen; Tom Kuhlman; Jan Groen; Arno Bouwman. 2005. "SIMULATING THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN THE NETHERLANDS." Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 96, no. 2: 218-224.