Coal and energy in South Africa : : considering a just transition / / edited by Lochner Marais [and four others].
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.
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| Superior document: | Edinburgh studies in urban political economy |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh studies in urban political economy.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Mining and mining towns: a conceptual framework / Lochner Marais, Philippe Burger, Pilossof Molefi Lenka, and Antonie Pool
- What is a just transition? / Elianor Gerrard and Peter Westoby
- Mine closure in the coal industry: global and national perspectives / Lochner Marais, Jesse Burton, Maléne Campbell and Etienne Nel
- Household welfare in Emalahleni / Jean-Pierre Geldenhuys and Philippe Burger
- Work and life satisfaction of mining employees / Petrus Nel and Tina Kotzè
- Informal settlements in the mining context / Lochner Marais, John Ntema, Maléne Campbell, Jan Cloete, and Molefi Lenka
- Coal and water: exploiting one precious natural resource at the expense of another / Surina Esterhuyse and Falko Buschke
- The health impacts of coal mining and coal-based energy / Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens and Katrina du Toit
- Sustainability reporting by collieries / Cornelie Crous
- Residents' perceptions of mining and energy generation / Anmar Pretorius and Derick Blaauw
- Boom or bust for Emalahleni businesses? / Deidré van Rooyen and Johan van Zyl
- Socio-economic dynamics of the informal economy / Derick Blaauw, Anmar Pretorius, and Rinie Schenk
- A more resilient approach to spatial fragmentation / Mariske van Aswegen and Ernst Drewes
- Planning in the dark / Verna Nel and Mark Oranje
- The mines must fix the potholes: a desperate community / Phia van der Watt and Sethulego Matebesi
- Municipal finances / Chris Hendricks
- Is a just transition possible? / Lochner Marais, Philippe Burger, Maléne Campbell, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, and Deidré van Rooyen.