Title Coal and Energy in South Africa : Considering a Just Transition.

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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

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Description	1 online resource (265 pages).
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Series	Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy Ser.
	Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy Ser.
Note	Description based upon print version of record.
Summary	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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
Subject	Energy transition -- South Africa -- eMalahleni.
	Energy development -- South Africa -- eMalahleni.
	Coal mines and mining -- South Africa -- eMalahleni.
	Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
	Coal mines and mining
	Energy development
	Energy transition
	South Africa -- eMalahleni
Added Author	Burger, Phillippe.
	Campbell, Maléne.
Other Form:	Print version: Marais, Lochner Coal and Energy in South Africa Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2021 9781474487054
ISBN	1474487076
	9781474487078 (electronic bk.)
	9781399513524 (ebook)
	1399513524
	147448705X
	9781474487054
	9781474487085 (ePub ebook)

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