Imperial College London
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Dr Rocio Diaz-Chavez

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Senior Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9338r.diaz-chavez Website

 
 
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Location

 

Weeks Building Room 507Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Diaz-Chavez:2011:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.054,
author = {Diaz-Chavez, RA},
doi = {10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.054},
journal = {Energy Policy},
pages = {5763--5769},
title = {Assessing biofuels: Aiming for sustainable development or complying with the market?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.054},
volume = {39},
year = {2011}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The growing interest in biofuels has led to increasing concern about their wider implications, particularly if grown for transport use in large scale. Such concerns include environmental, social and economic issues. To counterbalance the possible negative effects, a series of measures are being put in place to help their sustainability. Nevertheless, considering the different meanings of sustainability in different parts of the world and the need to expand productive rural activities, the differences between trying to assure a commodity and the benefits or impacts at local level raise the questions between the aims of sustainability and the need to comply with a market. The ideal situation would be to reconcile both aspects, which in practise represent a major challenge for governments and industry. This paper provides an overview on the sustainability assessment of biofuels to consider a possible way forward. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
AU  - Diaz-Chavez,RA
DO  - 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.054
EP  - 5769
PY  - 2011///
SN  - 0301-4215
SP  - 5763
TI  - Assessing biofuels: Aiming for sustainable development or complying with the market?
T2  - Energy Policy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.054
VL  - 39
ER  -
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