Energy Economics

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Energy Economics

Understanding and Interpreting Energy Poverty in China

Environmental economics

Authors: Yi-Ming Wei, Hua Liao

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Language: English

Published by: Emerald Publishing Limited

Published on: 15th November 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 6 Mb

ISBN: 9781787567818


Energy Poverty and China

Energy 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.

Conclusion

This book will provide essential scientific support for researchers and policy makers dealing with energy poverty.

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