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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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