ABSTRACT
Living with Energy Poverty: Perspectives from the Global North and South expands our collective understanding of energy poverty and deepens our recognition of the phenomenon by engaging with the lived experiences of energy-poor households across different contexts.
Understanding the lived experience of energy poverty is an essential component in the design of any effort to alleviate what is fundamentally a deep-rooted, multi-faceted, wickedly complex problem. This requires a nuanced understanding of the causal factors and the research methods that can respond to the flexible spatial and temporal nature of the condition, as well as its wellbeing and justice implications. Drawing together the expertise and connectedness of authors from the Global South and North, this book presents novel approaches to understanding the often hidden forms of domestic energy deprivation. Case studies from 20 countries provide critical perspectives on this phenomenon while analysing the policy practices, government strategy, and sustainability implications of divergent manifestations. The book takes a multidimensional perspective, challenging the bias towards energy production and service provision, which often do not align with the aspirations and realities of energy households across global contexts, thus facilitating a useful dialogue on the nature of energy poverty.
The book is a timely source for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars seeking fresh, diverse insights into the everyday reality of energy poverty and wanting to better understand the challenges a people-centred, just energy transition can present.
Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Chapter 22 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |14 pages
Introduction
part I|76 pages
Methodological Approaches
chapter 4|11 pages
Unveiling Hidden Energy Poverty in a Time of Crisis
chapter 5|13 pages
Reflections from Quantitative Characterisations of Energy Poverty in Mexico
chapter 7|13 pages
What Energy Poverty Looks Like
part II|98 pages
Lived Experiences
chapter 928|11 pages
Not Equal Before the Energy System
chapter 9|11 pages
Connected Yet Suffering
chapter 13|11 pages
Too Cool or Too Hot
chapter 14|13 pages
Heating Deprivation in the Southern Cone
chapter 15|14 pages
Female Voices of Energy Deprivation
part III|84 pages
Practices, Policies, and Sustainability
chapter 17|12 pages
Demand-side Flexibility to Address Household Energy Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
chapter 19|12 pages
From Energy Poverty to Vulnerability
chapter 21|18 pages
A Burning Desire
part |9 pages
Conclusion