Total consumption and changes in the structure of consumption| total production and changes in production structures| energy (imports and exports)| energy efficiency and rationalization measures (from 1957 to 1986).
Globalizing responsibility : the political rationalities of ethical consumption
Behaviour ; Consumer behaviour ; Consumption ; Ethics ; Globalization ; Governmentality ; Neo liberalism ; Social network ; Social theory
This book presents a reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in developed economies. It develops new ideas to shape understanding of the pragmatic nature
of ethical action in the consumption process; provides empirical research on consumers, social networks and campaigns; and locates ethical consumption within social theoretical debates on neoliberalism, governmentality, and globalization. - (HC)
Food consumption and nutrition in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh, India (with special reference to Sagar division)
Consumer habit ; Countryside ; Food ; Food consumption ; India ; Madhya Pradesh ; Village
The A. presents systematic and interpretative analyses of per capita foodstuffs consumption and nutritional level in the rural areas of Sagar division. The survey reveals that the existing food habits in the villages lead to an imbalance of food
This article is very informative on current production, marketing and consumption patterns. It offers many details on the cultivation of tea in Iran's Caspian provinces, as well as on subsequent handling, shipping and distribution. Particularly
fascinating is further discussion on the numerous regional differences of tea consumption in Iran and Afghanistan. - (ABSTR.IR.).
Production and consumption of animal feed, 1966-1984
Forage feeds, cercals used for animal feed and by-products of cereal and sugar beet processing, protein animal feeding stuffs, industrial animal feed, exports and imports of animal feed, consumption.
Consumption ; Europe ; Food ; Food consumption ; Food habit ; Food product ; Living standard ; Nineteenth Century ; Twentieth Century ; World
This article investigates the relationship between total national calorie consumption per capita per day and income, the proportion of all calories derived from livestock products and income, and the proportion of all calories derived from cereals
Uncertainties of public opinion on energy consumption across enlarged European Union : an explanatory analysis
Energy ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Europe ; European Union ; Globalization ; Public opinion
The paper is concerned with new challenges of EU energy policies and with attitudes of citizens towards energy consumption. The EU energy policy-making recognises the importance of sustainable energy consumption habits of citizens and is also
Appropriation of land ; Consumption ; Cultural identity ; Food trade ; Location choice ; Retail trade ; Social practice ; Territorial identity ; Urban landscape ; Urban practice
The first paper of this issue is on the growth of small independent retailers, their relations of production, and the particularised patterns of consumption on which they depend. The second is on the politics of regulation, retailing and consumption
Estimating future residential water consumption in Phoenix, Arizona, based on simulated changes in climate
Arizona ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Household consumption ; Irrigation ; Phoenix ; Precipitation ; Simulation ; Temperature ; United States of America ; Water ; Water use
In this study, the AA. determine the empirical relationship between water consumption and variations in temperature and precipitation. They find the sensitivity of water consumption to either climate variable is positively related to the percent
presented by the IPCC, and they determined that mean water consumption should increase by an average over 3% by 2050, but the climate-induced change in consumption varies considerably across census tracts.
The effect of increasing transportation cost upon urban spatial structure: an analysis using the graphical consumption theory of land rent
Consommation ; Consumption theory of land rent ; Coût de transport ; Economie spatiale ; Géographie humaine ; Modèle d'équilibre ; Modèle économétrique ; Revenu des ménages ; Structure urbaine ; Théorie ; Théorie de la rente foncière ; Transport