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Information layer, 558e559 Intermittent renewable energy, 365
Infrastructures, 352 Internal rate of return (IRR), 152
Agile Energy Infrastructures, 361e362, International cases, 66
362f International District Energy Association
fee-producing infrastructure project, 164 (IDEA), 426
transportation infrastructure strategy, International Energy Agency (IEA), 99,
368e369 421e422
Inner Mongolia autonomous region (IMAR), International energy regime, 332
81, 333e334, 351e352 International trade, 374e375
Agile Energy Infrastructures, 361e362, International WELL Building Standard, 250
362f Internet, 37
differences existing between regions, “Internet of things”, 434
cities, and nations, 352 Interpretive paradigm, 40
energy base, sustainable development, and Intersubjectivity, 49e51
finance, 351e352 “Intuition” role in business, 45
energy strategy for, 351e352 Inverter unit, 114e115
implementing measures, 365 Invest AD, 381
long-term commitments, 352 Investment Corporation of Dubai, 381
policies, 360e365 Investment tax credit (ITC), 149
potential barriers to implementation in, Investments, 579
358e360 bodies, 381e382
projection of trend in energy sources for costs, finances, and return on, 81e84
future, 361f “Invisible hand” concept, 211
recommendations, 353e365 IP. See Intellectual property (IP)
applying key case study features, IPPs. See Independent Power Producers
353e365 (IPPs)
commercial technological approaches, 2IR. See Second Industrial Revolution (2IR)
356e358 3IR. See Third Industrial Revolution (3IR)
objectives, 353e354 Iran
overall China energy production, 354f imports and exports, 405
percentage of world energy sources, international sanctions on, 376
356f Iraq, imports and exports in, 405
targeting of investment in environmental Ireland, 279e280
protection, 355t Iron sheets, 495e496
unique IMAR and PRC opportunities, IRR. See Internal rate of return (IRR)
354e356 Irrigated agriculture, 508
vision, 353 Irrigation capacity, 483e484
rural inner Mongolia, 367e370 Islamic finance, 389
solutions to barriers for, 360 Italian experience, 242e243
Innovation City Management GmbH (ICM), ITC. See Investment tax credit (ITC)
259e260 iVESTOR card, 401
Innovation City Ruhr, 259e260
Institutional priority, sustainability J
establishment as, 516e517
JANET-DR. See Japan Academic Network
Integrated “agile” strategies, 80
for Disaster Reduction (JANET-DR)
Integrated Electricity Plan (IEP), 291e292
Japan
Integrated energy, 368e369
compact city approach, 439, 440f
Integrated infrastructural system, 271e272
incentives, 431e433
Integrated resource management, 224
infrastructure exports, 444f
Intellectual property (IP), 414
as leaders in GIR, 76e79
Interactionism, 213
National Resilience initiative, 436
theoretical development, 34
national spatial strategy, 438e439