Coal and energy in South Africa : considering a just transition

Coal and energy in South Africa considering a just transition

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Marais, Lochner, editor (editor), Burger, Philippe, editor, Campbell, Maléne, editor, Denoon-Stevens, Stuart Paul, editor, Van Rooyen, Deidré, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2021.
Colección:Edinburgh studies in urban political economy.
Edinburgh scholarship online.
Materias:
Energy transition > South Africa > eMalahleni.
Energy development > South Africa > eMalahleni.
Coal mines and mining > South Africa > eMalahleni.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009767239506719
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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