03522nam 2200613 450 991074559930332120220424125308.01-3995-1352-41-4744-8707-610.1515/9781474487078(CKB)4900000001023232(DE-B1597)618324(DE-B1597)9781474487078(StDuBDS)9781399513524(OCoLC)1312726308(ScCtBLL)de493919-1133-4a9b-b1b0-45d6a5af418a(EXLCZ)99490000000102323220211007h20212022 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCoal and energy in South Africa considering a just transition /edited by Lochner Marais, Phillippe Burger, Maléne Campbell, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens and Deidré van Rooyen[electronic resource]Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,2021.©20221 online resource (260 p.)Edinburgh studies in urban political economyEdinburgh scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.1-4744-8705-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Mining and Mining Towns: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 2 What Is a Just Transition? -- Chapter 3 Mine Closure in the Coal Industry: Global and National Perspectives -- Chapter 4 Household Welfare in Emalahleni -- Chapter 5 Work and Life Satisfaction of Mining Employees -- Chapter 6 Informal Settlements in the Mining Context -- Chapter 7 Coal and Water: Exploiting One Precious Natural Resource at the Expense of Another? -- Chapter 8 The Health Impacts of Coal Mining and Coal-based Energy -- Chapter 9 Sustainability Reporting by Collieries -- Chapter 10 Residents’ Perceptions of Coal Mining and Energy Generation -- Chapter 11 Boom or Bust for Emalahleni Businesses? -- Chapter 12 Socio-economic Dynamics of the Informal Economy -- Chapter 13 A More Resilient Policy Approach to Spatial Fragmentation -- Chapter 14 Planning in the Dark -- Chapter 15 ‘The mines must fix the potholes’: A Desperate Community -- Chapter 16 Municipal Finances -- Chapter 17 Is a Just Transition Possible? -- IndexTaking 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.Edinburgh scholarship online.Energy transitionSouth AfricaeMalahleniEnergy developmentSouth AfricaeMalahleniCoal mines and miningSouth AfricaeMalahleniEnergy transitionEnergy developmentCoal mines and mining333.790968276Marais LochnerBurger PhilippeCampbell MaléneDenoon-Stevens Stuart PaulVan Rooyen DeidréStDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910745599303321Coal and Energy in South Africa2843168UNINA