System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation of the Malaysian Rice Value Chain: Effects of the Removal of Price Controls and an Import Monopoly on Rice Prices and Self‐sufficiency Levels in Malaysia
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DOI: 10.1002/sres.2477
Abstract: A system dynamics model is developed to describe the dynamic structure of and decision†making processes occurring along the Malaysian rice value chain; then, the impacts of removing price controls and an import monopoly on… read more here.
Keywords: rice prices; rice; malaysia; price controls ... See more keywords
The cost of increasing prosumer self-sufficiency
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116361
Abstract: Abstract In this study, an investigation was made into the economic effects of the integration of residential-scale energy devices. The detailed calculations were performed using an experimentally validated model of a natural gas-fueled micro-cogenerator (micro-CHP)… read more here.
Keywords: self sufficiency; system; prosumer; energy ... See more keywords
Scenario-based modelling of the potential for solar energy charging of electric vehicles in two Scandinavian cities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.050
Abstract: Abstract In order to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, electric vehicles (EVs) should be charged using electricity from renewable energy sources. This paper describes a study of photovoltaics (PV) utilization for EV… read more here.
Keywords: scenario based; self sufficiency; scandinavian cities; electric vehicles ... See more keywords
Whose self-sufficiency? Energy dependency in Spain from 1939
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.058
Abstract: Abstract After Civil War (1936–1939), economic scarcity and political isolation reduced Spanish energy imports to about 10%. After a decade of stagnation, Spanish economy recovered, industrialized and boomed. Without domestic resources, this process largely depended… read more here.
Keywords: self sufficiency; whose self; energy; dependency ... See more keywords
The potential for integration of hydrogen for complete energy self-sufficiency in residential buildings with photovoltaic and battery storage systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.170
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents an analysis of energy production in a pilot building located in Slovenia, which is a typical residential house with an installed photovoltaic (PV) system and pilot battery storage system. Energy management… read more here.
Keywords: self sufficiency; hydrogen; system; energy ... See more keywords
Can a city reach energy self-sufficiency by means of rooftop photovoltaics? Case study from Poland
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118813
Abstract: Abstract The process of decarbonising economies has to take place on multiple levels. One of the objectives is to ensure renewables-based energy self-sufficiency of cities. Cities have become home to the majority of the world’s… read more here.
Keywords: city; energy self; self sufficiency; energy ... See more keywords
Urban self-sufficiency at risk
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DOI: 10.1038/s41477-017-0016-6
Abstract: Food production in urban areas is constrained by regional land uses that are a function of both local and global forces, according to research from Dirk Wascher and Leonne Jeurissen of Wageningen University. Demand for… read more here.
Keywords: urban self; agriculture; food production; sufficiency risk ... See more keywords
Russia’s food self-sufficiency and food security: an assessment
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DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2018.1470854
Abstract: Abstract The article differentiates between self-sufficiency and food security. The impact of Russia’s 2014 food embargo on the food system and food trade is analysed. Domestic production has increased and Russia has become more self-sufficient… read more here.
Keywords: food security; self sufficiency; food; sufficiency food ... See more keywords
Hungry cities: how local food self-sufficiency relates to climate change, diets, and urbanisation
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab2d56
Abstract: 5 Using a newly developed model approach and combining it with remote sensing, pop6 ulation, and climate data, first insights are provided into how local diets, urbanisation, 7 and climate change relates to local urban… read more here.
Keywords: climate change; self sufficiency; diets urbanisation; food self ... See more keywords
The Return of National Self-Sufficiency? Excavating Autarkic Thought in a De-Globalizing Era
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DOI: 10.1093/isr/viaa092
Abstract: As the global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 virus unfolded, The Economist magazine published a cover in May 2020 titled “Goodbye globalization: the dangerous lure of self-sufficiency ” The title summed up well the new… read more here.
Keywords: national self; autarkic thought; self sufficiency;
When ‘self-sufficiency’ is not sufficient: Refugee integration discourses of US resettlement actors and the offer of refuge
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DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feaa119
Abstract: Resettlement in a third country is fundamental in the protection of displaced persons, yet the offer of refuge encompasses more than mere admission into a country. In the US, various resettlement organizations provide arrival services;… read more here.
Keywords: integration discourses; offer refuge; self sufficiency; integration ... See more keywords