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Book SynopsisEnergy poverty, one of the major challenges facing the global energy system, has drawn wide attention from the international community and academia. As the largest developing country in the world, China faces a number of challenges in understanding and resolving the problem of energy poverty.
Energy Economics: Understanding and Interpreting Energy Poverty in China presents a succinct overview of research on China’s Energy Poverty as studied by the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). Based on the analytical framework of energy economics, the book summarizes and refines international energy assessment methods, builds China’s energy poverty measurement and comprehensive evaluation criteria, and evaluates China’s energy poverty from the perspective of time and space. It goes on to analyze the impact of solid fuel use on urban and rural residents’ health, and review the relationship between energy poverty and economic development, clean energy development and energy poverty, as well as climate change and energy availability. Finally, it summarizes policies and actions to eliminate energy poverty.
This book will provide essential scientific support for researchers and policy makers dealing with energy poverty.
Trade ReviewBased on the analytical framework of energy economics, this volume considers energy poverty in China in terms of progress in energy development in the world and in China, measurement and assessment methods and general characteristics of energy poverty in China, the assessment of energy poverty in different regions of China, the impact of energy poverty on the health of urban residents, the use of solid fuels in rural areas and its impact on rural people, the relationship between energy poverty and economic development, the relationship between clean energy development and energy poverty, the relationship between climate change and adaptation strategies and energy poverty, and policies and actions for energy poverty reduction. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Global Energy Development and Energy Poverty Chapter 2. Measurements and General Characteristics of Energy Poverty in China Chapter 3. Energy Poverty in China: A Comprehensive Assessment and Region-specific Chapter 4. Impacts of Energy Poverty on the Health of Urban Residents Chapter 5. Solid Fuels in Rural and Their Impacts on Resident Health Chapter 6. The Interaction of Energy Poverty and Economic Development Chapter 7. Clean Energy Development and Energy Poverty Chapter 8. Climate Change and Associated Policies & Energy Poverty Chapter 9. Energy Poverty Elimination Policies and Actions Chapter 10. Prospects and Challenges of Energy Poverty Mitigation
