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Record Nr.

UNINA9910370046103321

Autore

Mohideen Reihana

Titolo

Women and the Energy Revolution in Asia / / by Reihana Mohideen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-0230-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

303.483

Soggetti

Technology - Sociological aspects

Total energy systems (On-site electric power production)

Sociology

Economic development

Science and Technology Studies

Energy Systems

Gender Studies

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Asia’s energy transition: ‘Leapfrogging’ stages -- Chapter 2: Gender-powered approaches -- Chapter 3: Technologies ‘disrupting’ gender relations? -- Chapter 4: Gender inclusive energy: The Nepal case -- Chapter 5: Some concluding comments.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the low-carbon energy transition taking place in developing Asia, in the context of persisting social and gender inequalities, the threat of climate change which has necessitated the decarbonisation of industry, and examines how developing Asia can ‘leap-frog’ the carbon-emitting stages that more developed economies have passed through, while simultaneously ‘leap-frogging’ social and gender equity gaps. The book uses the concept of ‘disruptive technologies’, an area of study that assesses the potential of certain technologies to disrupt the status quo and the concept of socio-technical frameworks, where social considerations are factored in to engineering systems and models. Using case studies and methodologies drawn from interdisciplinary approaches to engineering,



and from development studies, science and technology studies and feminist approaches, it assesses how the low-carbon energy transition potentially provides poor women in developing Asia the opportunity to get on board at the early phase of these changes and influence and even transform their societies and lives.