Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production

Preface.- 1. Socio-economic impact assessment tools.- 2. Indicators for socio-economic sustainability assessment.- 3. Test auditing of socio-economic indicators for biofuel production.- 4. Linkages between socio-economic and environmental impacts of bioenergy.- 5. Socio-economic impacts of biofuels on land use change.- 6. The effects of bioenergy production on food security.- 7. Socio-economic impacts of sweet sorghum in temperate and tropical regions.- 8. The use of soybean by-products as a biofuel: the Argentine case.- 9. Socio-economic impacts of palm oil and biodiesel: the case of Indonesia.- 10. Socio-economic experiences of different jatropha business models in Africa.- 11. Socio-economic impacts of jatropha oil and biodiesel in Mali.- 12. Socio-economic impacts of bioethanol from sugar cane in Brazil.- 13. Socio-economic effects of the sugar cane-to-ethanol production chain in Costa Rica.- 14. Socio-economic impacts of a lignocellulosic ethanol refinery in Canada.- 15. Biogas from organic waste in African cities.- 16. Analysis of socio-economic indicators on different bioenergy case studies.- 17. Summary: The contribution of bioenergy to energy access and energy security.- Index.