Routledge Studies in Low Carbon Development: The Social Challenges and Opportunities of Low Carbon Development by Johan Nordensvärd DJV, EPUB, DOC
9780415738361 0415738369 This book explores the social implications and challenges of low carbon and addresses how low carbon development can be realized while also achieving poverty reduction and social justice. Low carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon constrained world, but there are risks that low carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. The book aims to explore, critically analyse and propose different strategies for how low carbon development could become socially viable in both developed and developing countries. The book discusses six contemporary challenges of low carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in low and middle income countries, the challenges of REDD in Borneo and the Amazonas, solar power for refugees in Africa, the cost of the wind energy transition in Germany, the issue of fuel inefficient housing, poverty and low carbon housing in the UK, and transport and CO2 emissions in cities in the US. The case studies are used to illustrate some of the key social issues of low carbon development and to explore the opportunities for change. The book presents the latest conceptual and empirical evidence on the social implications and issues of low carbon development. It serves both as a comprehensive introduction to the social and economic aspects of development and how these can be combined with low carbon efforts. It fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy., This book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development. The argument of the book is that a broad understanding of low-carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon-constrained world, but there are risks that low-carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. These risks need to be carefully assessed and reduced. The main aim of the book is to explore, critically analyse and propose different ways of understanding low-carbon development from a social perspective in both developed and developing countries. The author uses concepts such as low-carbon development, social policy, sustainable development and environmental justice to understand the social implications of low-carbon development projects. The book first elaborates the need to understand the social issues and challenges of low-carbon development in both developed and developing countries. It then discusses five contemporary challenges of low-carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in the Mekong region; the cost of the transition to renewable energies such as wind energy in Germany; the challenges of carbon offsetting in Brazil; the nexus of fuel-inefficient housing and fuel poverty in England; solar power for refugees in Africa. The book fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy. Johan Nordensvard is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Southampton, UK.", This book uniquely explores the social implications and challenges of low carbon and addresses how low carbon development can be realized while also achieving poverty reduction and social justice. Low carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon constrained world, but there are risks that low carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. This book aims to explore, critically analyse and propose different strategies for how low carbon development could become socially viable in both developed and developing countries. The book first elaborates the need for understanding the social issues and challenges of low carbon development in both developed and developing countries. It then discusses six contemporary challenges of low carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in low and middle income countries, the challenges of REDD in Borneo and the Amazonas, solar power for refugees in Africa, the cost of the wind energy transition in Germany, the issue of fuel inefficient housing, poverty and low carbon housing in the UK, and transport and CO2 emissions in cities in the US. The case studies are used to illustrate some of the key social issues of low carbon development and to explore the opportunities for change. The book presents the latest conceptual and empirical evidence on the social implications and issues of low carbon development. It serves both as a comprehensive introduction to the social and economic aspects of development and how these can be combined with low carbon efforts. It fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy.
9780415738361 0415738369 This book explores the social implications and challenges of low carbon and addresses how low carbon development can be realized while also achieving poverty reduction and social justice. Low carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon constrained world, but there are risks that low carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. The book aims to explore, critically analyse and propose different strategies for how low carbon development could become socially viable in both developed and developing countries. The book discusses six contemporary challenges of low carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in low and middle income countries, the challenges of REDD in Borneo and the Amazonas, solar power for refugees in Africa, the cost of the wind energy transition in Germany, the issue of fuel inefficient housing, poverty and low carbon housing in the UK, and transport and CO2 emissions in cities in the US. The case studies are used to illustrate some of the key social issues of low carbon development and to explore the opportunities for change. The book presents the latest conceptual and empirical evidence on the social implications and issues of low carbon development. It serves both as a comprehensive introduction to the social and economic aspects of development and how these can be combined with low carbon efforts. It fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy., This book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development. The argument of the book is that a broad understanding of low-carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon-constrained world, but there are risks that low-carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. These risks need to be carefully assessed and reduced. The main aim of the book is to explore, critically analyse and propose different ways of understanding low-carbon development from a social perspective in both developed and developing countries. The author uses concepts such as low-carbon development, social policy, sustainable development and environmental justice to understand the social implications of low-carbon development projects. The book first elaborates the need to understand the social issues and challenges of low-carbon development in both developed and developing countries. It then discusses five contemporary challenges of low-carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in the Mekong region; the cost of the transition to renewable energies such as wind energy in Germany; the challenges of carbon offsetting in Brazil; the nexus of fuel-inefficient housing and fuel poverty in England; solar power for refugees in Africa. The book fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy. Johan Nordensvard is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Southampton, UK.", This book uniquely explores the social implications and challenges of low carbon and addresses how low carbon development can be realized while also achieving poverty reduction and social justice. Low carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon constrained world, but there are risks that low carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. This book aims to explore, critically analyse and propose different strategies for how low carbon development could become socially viable in both developed and developing countries. The book first elaborates the need for understanding the social issues and challenges of low carbon development in both developed and developing countries. It then discusses six contemporary challenges of low carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in low and middle income countries, the challenges of REDD in Borneo and the Amazonas, solar power for refugees in Africa, the cost of the wind energy transition in Germany, the issue of fuel inefficient housing, poverty and low carbon housing in the UK, and transport and CO2 emissions in cities in the US. The case studies are used to illustrate some of the key social issues of low carbon development and to explore the opportunities for change. The book presents the latest conceptual and empirical evidence on the social implications and issues of low carbon development. It serves both as a comprehensive introduction to the social and economic aspects of development and how these can be combined with low carbon efforts. It fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy.