Coal 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]]
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Coal 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]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2021 |
| ©2022 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.790968276 |
| Soggetto topico: | Energy transition - South Africa - eMalahleni |
| Energy development - South Africa - eMalahleni | |
| Coal mines and mining - South Africa - eMalahleni | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MaraisLochner |
| BurgerPhilippe | |
| CampbellMaléne | |
| Denoon-StevensStuart Paul | |
| Van RooyenDeidré | |
| Note generali: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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? -- Index |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-3995-1352-4 |
| 1-4744-8707-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996472046703316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Edinburgh studies in urban political economy.
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