Stefan Buzar

Energy Poverty in Eastern Europe

Hidden Geographies of Deprivation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the consequences of the post-socialist transformation of Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union is the emergence of energy poverty, a condition where households are living in inadequately heated homes. This book provides the first full-length examination of the causes, consequences and patterns of energy poverty in former Communist countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780754671305
• ISBN-10: 0754671305
• Artikelnr.: 35666007

Autorenporträt

Dr Stefan Buzar is Lecturer at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, and is Visiting Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Gdansk, Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword
Setting the framework
Gaps in theory and policy: tracing the roots of energy poverty
Patterns of domestic energy deprivation across the post-socialist space
The institutional (re)production of inequality: reconciling energy, welfare and housing reforms
Layers of vulnerability: towards a socio-demographic profile of the energy poor
Everyday experiences of inadequate warmth in the home
Linking conceptual threads, looking towards the future
Bibliography
Index.

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Contents: Foreword; Setting the framework; Gaps in theory and policy: tracing the roots of energy poverty; Patterns of domestic energy deprivation across the post-socialist space; The institutional (re)production of inequality: reconciling energy, welfare and housing reforms; Layers of vulnerability: towards a socio-demographic profile of the energy poor; Everyday experiences of inadequate warmth in the home; Linking conceptual threads, looking towards the future; Bibliography; Index.

Rezensionen

'This book makes a significant contribution to an increasingly important issue, namely the growing levels of social deprivation associated with the liberalization of energy markets in Central Europe. By combining the geographer's interest in place with a technical understanding of the inherited energy economies of the post-socialist states, the analysis provides critical insights into the challenges of energy poverty at a variety of scales across the post-socialist world.' Michael Bradshaw, University of Leicester, UK 'Rarely have the issues of poverty and social exclusion, energy, and post-socialist transformation been brought together. Energy Poverty in Eastern Europe provides a fascinating account of the complex dimensions of the new energy poverty in the post-socialist world. The book will become an essential source for those interested in the geographical political economy of transformation, not least because of its nuanced theoretical insights and its careful empirical depth.' Adrian Smith, Queen Mary, University of London, UK 'Stefan Buzar's book is a welcome contribution to our better understanding of eastern Europe in general and the problems of social exclusion and deprivation, the 'energy-poor' in the region, in particular.' Urban Studies Journal