Coal and energy in South Africa : considering a just transition / / edited by Lochner Marais [and four others]
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| Titolo: |
Coal and energy in South Africa : considering a just transition / / edited by Lochner Marais [and four others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 622.334 |
| Soggetto topico: | Coal mines and mining |
| Energy development | |
| Energy transition | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MaraisLochner |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Coal and Energy in South Africa |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910684569603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Edinburgh studies in urban political economy.