03164nam 2200421 450 991068456960332120230504172851.0(CKB)5600000000596261(NjHacI)995600000000596261(EXLCZ)99560000000059626120230504d2021 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCoal and energy in South Africa considering a just transition /edited by Lochner Marais [and four others]Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,2021.1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) illustrations, mapsEdinburgh studies in urban political economy1-4744-8708-4 Mining and mining towns: a conceptual framework / Lochner Marais, Philippe Burger, Pilossof Molefi Lenka, and Antonie Pool -- What is a just transition? / Elianor Gerrard and Peter Westoby -- Mine closure in the coal industry: global and national perspectives / Lochner Marais, Jesse Burton, Maléne Campbell and Etienne Nel -- Household welfare in Emalahleni / Jean-Pierre Geldenhuys and Philippe Burger -- Work and life satisfaction of mining employees / Petrus Nel and Tina Kotzè -- Informal settlements in the mining context / Lochner Marais, John Ntema, Maléne Campbell, Jan Cloete, and Molefi Lenka -- Coal and water: exploiting one precious natural resource at the expense of another / Surina Esterhuyse and Falko Buschke -- The health impacts of coal mining and coal-based energy / Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens and Katrina du Toit -- Sustainability reporting by collieries / Cornelie Crous -- Residents' perceptions of mining and energy generation / Anmar Pretorius and Derick Blaauw -- Boom or bust for Emalahleni businesses? / Deidré van Rooyen and Johan van Zyl -- Socio-economic dynamics of the informal economy / Derick Blaauw, Anmar Pretorius, and Rinie Schenk -- A more resilient approach to spatial fragmentation / Mariske van Aswegen and Ernst Drewes -- Planning in the dark / Verna Nel and Mark Oranje -- The mines must fix the potholes: a desperate community / Phia van der Watt and Sethulego Matebesi -- Municipal finances / Chris Hendricks -- Is a just transition possible? / Lochner Marais, Philippe Burger, Maléne Campbell, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, and Deidré van Rooyen.Taking the growing South African mining town of Emalahleni as a case study, this book investigates whether a just transition from coal-generated energy is possible and what the local implications of this global restructuring of the energy sector will be.Edinburgh studies in urban political economy.Coal mines and miningEnergy developmentEnergy transitionCoal mines and mining.Energy development.Energy transition.622.334Marais LochnerNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910684569603321Coal and Energy in South Africa2843168UNINA