Coal and Energy in South Africa : Considering a Just Transition /

Assesses the coal industry, theoretical debates about coal, and government's role in a just transition and sustainabilityMade up of 4 chapters laying the conceptual framework and 14 chapters describing the local consequences of mining for a South African medium-sized townAnalyses the current si...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aswegen, Mariske van (Contribuidor), Blaauw, Derick (Contribuidor), Burger, Philippe (Contribuidor), Burger, Phillippe (Editor ), Burton, Jesse (Contribuidor), Buschke, Falko (Contribuidor), Campbell, Maléne (Contribuidor, Editor ), Cloete, Jan (Contribuidor), Crous, Cornelie (Contribuidor), Denoon-Stevens, Stuart Paul (Contribuidor, Editor ), Drewes, Ernst (Contribuidor), Esterhuyse, Surina (Contribuidor), Geldenhuys, Jean-Pierre (Contribuidor), Gerrard, Elianor (Contribuidor), Hendriks, Chris (Contribuidor), Kotzè, Tina (Contribuidor), Lenka, Molefi (Contribuidor), Marais, Lochner (Contribuidor, Editor ), Matebesi, Sethulego (Contribuidor), Nel, Etienne (Contribuidor), Nel, Petrus (Contribuidor), Nel, Verna (Contribuidor), Ntema, John (Contribuidor), Oranje, Mark (Contribuidor), Pilossof, Rory (Contribuidor), Pool, Antonie (Contribuidor), Pretorius, Anmar (Contribuidor), Rooyen, Deidré van (Contribuidor), Schenck, Rinie (Contribuidor), Toit, Katrina du (Contribuidor), Watt, Phia van der (Contribuidor), Westoby, Peter (Contribuidor), Zyl, Johan van (Contribuidor), van Rooyen, Deidré (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy
Temas:
Coal mines and mining > South Africa > eMalahleni.
Energy development > South Africa > eMalahleni.
Energy transition > South Africa > eMalahleni.
Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
Coal mines and mining
Energy development
Energy transition
South Africa > eMalahleni
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Assesses the coal industry, theoretical debates about coal, and government's role in a just transition and sustainabilityMade up of 4 chapters laying the conceptual framework and 14 chapters describing the local consequences of mining for a South African medium-sized townAnalyses the current situation of the mining industry: the inequalities it creates, its role in environmental sustainability and health and the implication of mining practices for business and local governmentDiscusses the possible consequences of mine closures and how a just energy transition can be ensured Asks why the mining industry, government and unions promote the open mining townsCoal and Energy in South Africa: Considering a Just Transition investigates the consequences of shifting social responsibilities, new inequalities and the sustainability concerns created by the likely energy transition in Africa to end the fossil-fuel era. Focusing on the local realities in a growing coal and energy town of South Africa, Emalahleni, it explores whether a just transition from coal-generated energy is possible and what the local implications will be of this global restructuring of the energy sector.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (260 p.).
ISBN:9781474487078
1474487076

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