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OverviewEnergy Poverty and Vulnerability provides novel and critical perspectives on the drivers and consequences of energy-related injustices in the home. Drawing together original research conducted by leading experts, the book offers fresh and innovative insights into the ways in which hitherto unexplored factors such as cultural norms, environmental conditions and household needs combine to shape vulnerability to energy poverty. Chapters 1 and 15 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Neil Simcock (University of Manchester, UK) , Harriet Thomson , Saska Petrova , Stefan BouzarovskiPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138294455ISBN 10: 1138294454 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 11 September 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Energy poverty in an intersectional perspective: On multiple deprivation, discriminatory systems and the effects of policies Understanding energy poverty through the energy cultures framework Transcending the triad: Political distrust, local cultural norms and reconceptualising the drivers of domestic energy poverty in the UK Post-apartheid spatial inequalities and the built environment: drivers of energy vulnerability for the urban poor in South Africa Water-energy nexus vulnerabilities in China: Infrastructures, policies, practices Rethinking energy deprivation in Athens: a spatial approach Location, location, location: What accounts for the regional variation of energy poverty in Poland? Multiple vulnerabilities? Interrogating the spatial distribution of energy poverty measures in England The triple-hit effect of disability and energy poverty: a qualitative case study of painful sickle cell disease and cold homes The value of experience: including young people in energy poverty research Energy poverty in the Western Balkans: adjusting policy responses to socio-economic drivers Lighting up rural Kenya: Lessons learnt from rural electrification programmes Urban Energy Poverty: South Africa’s policy response to the challenge ConclusionsReviews"""It is rare to find discussions of energy poverty that take a global perspective and recognise it as produced in relation to history, culture, infrastructure, energy and welfare politics, and much else. This collection has a fantastic set of chapters, examining energy poverty in a diversity of contexts, as well as critiquing existing analytical frameworks."" Professor Gordon Walker, Lancaster University, UK" It is rare to find discussions of energy poverty that take a global perspective and recognise it as produced in relation to history, culture, infrastructure, energy and welfare politics, and much else. This collection has a fantastic set of chapters, examining energy poverty in a diversity of contexts, as well as critiquing existing analytical frameworks. Professor Gordon Walker, Lancaster University, UK Author InformationNeil Simcock is a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, UK Harriet Thomson is a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, UK. Saska Petrova is a Lecturer in the School of Environment, Education and Development at the University of Manchester, UK Stefan Bouzarovski is Professor at the Department of Geography and Director of the Collaboratory for Urban Resilience and Energy at the University of Manchester, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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