An analysis of energy consumption to identify urban energy poverty in Seoul

Just Transitions: A Political Ecology Critique

“…Households who suffer from domestic energy injustices typically lack access to, or cannot afford, socially or materially necessitated levels of energy services in the home. In the global North, vulnerable groups principally struggle with space heating: it has been established that millions of households in Europe are suffering from a lack of adequate warmth in the home (Pye et al 2015), and there is mounting evidence that the condition is also present across all continents (Bednar and Reames 2020;Kim et al 2016). Reductions in appliance use and lighting have also been mentioned in this context (Brunner et al 2012), although literature on the subject is limited.…”

“…2015), and there is mounting evidence that the condition is also present across all continents (Bednar and Reames 2020; Kim et al. 2016). Reductions in appliance use and lighting have also been mentioned in this context (Brunner et al.…”

The inequality of electricity consumption in Colombia. Projections and implications

“…Conclusions suggest that local governments should migrate to an integrated market-based pricing structure to promote more efficient energy use. Likewise, in Korea, urban energy poverty (i.e., households spending over 10% of their income on lighting and heating) was assessed in Seoul using Lorenz curves and Gini ratio [44]. The results show a relatively equitable energy distribution for the lowincome population.…”

“…Similarly to Refs. [44,71], the method of trapezoidal area is used to calculate the electric Gini in Colombia, which approximates the area under the Lorentz curve to several trapezoids using the following equation:…”

Energy Poverty Revisited

“…The last decade has seen as expansion of scientific and policy debates to a much wider range of countries and regions, particularly in Europe but also in North America, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand (Hilbert & Werner, 2016;Kim, Lee, Ahn, Lim, & Kim, 2016;Liu, Judd, & Santamouris, 2017;Maxim, Mihai, Apostoaie, & Maxim, 2017;Oppenheim, 2016;Scarpellini, Sanz Hernández, Llera-Sastresa, Aranda, & López Rodríguez, 2017;Teller-Elsberg, Sovacool, Smith, & Laine, 2016;Tirado & Jiménez Meneses, 2016;Williams, Wooliscroft, & Lawson, 2015). Of note is the recent establishment of a European Energy Poverty Observatory-a new initiative supported by the European Union (EU), aimed at providing a public hub for the gathering and dissemination of information on the extent and nature of domestic energy deprivation in Europe.…”