Energy and Development (Rethinking Development)

Urban, Frauke

ISBN 10: 1138485969 / ISBN 13: 9781138485969

Published by Routledge, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Energy and Development (Rethinking Development)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138485969
• ISBN 13: 9781138485969
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book explores the complex relationship between energy and development and discusses the core issues and concepts surrounding this growing area of research and policy.

In the field of energy and development, the world faces two major challenges: (1) Providing energy access to the roughly one billion people worldwide who do not have access to electricity and the nearly three billion people worldwide who do not have access to clean cooking fuels; (2) achieving socioeconomic development while limiting global atmospheric temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius to mitigate climate change. Taking stock of progress, Frauke Urban explores the key issues surrounding these goals and addresses the policy responses aimed at ending energy poverty and achieving sustainable development. She outlines various options for delivering energy access, analyses past and prospective energy transitions and examines the social, environmental, economic and technological implications of these possibilities. Taking a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach and containing useful teaching resources, Energy and Development provides a comprehensive overview of this complex field of study.

This book will be a great resource for postgraduate and undergraduate students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of energy studies, international development, environmental studies, industrial engineering, as well as social sciences that relate to energy and development.

About the Author

Frauke Urban is Associate Professor in the management of sustainable energy systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and a Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, UK. She is an environmental scientist with more than 15 years’ experience in research, teaching and publications related to energy, environment and development.