The Routledge handbook of energy security / / edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954238703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-85062-7; 1-136-85063-5; 1-283-04185-5; 1-78034-822-3; 9786613041852; 0-203-83460-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (455 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SovacoolBenjamin K
• Disciplina: 333.79
• Soggetti: Energy development; Energy consumption; Energy policy; Energy industries; Supply and demand
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: Defining, measuring, and exploring energy security; 1 ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A tenuous link; 2 THE FUZZY NATURE OF ENERGY SECURITY; 3 EVALUATING THE ENERGY SECURITY IMPACTS OF ENERGY POLICIES; 4 THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 5 THE MARITIME DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 6 THE PUBLIC POLICY DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 7 THE DIVERSIFICATION DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 8 THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 9 THE ENERGY POVERTY DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 10 THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY11 THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 12 THE ENERGY SERVICES DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 13 THE INDUSTRIAL DIMENSION OF ENERGY SECURITY; 14 THE COMPETING DIMENSIONS OF ; ENERGY SECURITY; 15 INDICATORS FOR ENERGY SECURITY; 16 MEASURING SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY WITH TWO DIVERSITY INDEXES*; 17 MEASURING ENERGY SECURITY: From universal indicators to contextualized frameworks; 18 APPLYING THE FOUR 'A'S OF ENERGY SECURITY AS CRITERIA IN AN ENERGY SECURITY RANKING METHOD; 19 MEASURING ENERGY SECURITY PERFORMANCE IN THE OECD; 20 MEASURING ENERGY SECURITY VULNERABILITYCONCLUSION: Exploring the contested and convergent nature of energy security; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. The volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environmental quality, and social and political stewardship.? It also explores the various metrics that can be used to give energy security more coherence, and also to enable it to be measured, inc