Social and health-related indicators of energy poverty

Ruse, Jamie-Leigh; Stockton, Helen; Smith, Peter

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-816952-0.00007-7

“…Analytical variables within the social dimension are generally qualitative in nature as they mainly represent people´s subjective perceptions and experiences under the condition of energy poverty and vulnerability. However, these are sometimes quantitatively accounted for through proxy values (see, e.g., Boltz and Pichler [102], Golubchikov and O'Sullivan [103], Longhurst and Hargreaves [104], Ruse et al [105]and Waddams Price et al [96]). Among them, we found exclusion, social distribution, poverty and deprivation, state of social recognition, standard of living, household satisfaction, family structure (one-child / large families), traditions, rural/urban context characteristics, participation in decision making, social networks dynamics, gender, health and safety, and historical trajectories.…”

Section: Social Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The theoretical peculiarities of energy poverty research: A systematic literature review

Guevara,

Mendoza-Tinoco,

Silva

2023

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…Analytical variables within the social dimension are generally qualitative in nature as they mainly represent people´s subjective perceptions and experiences under the condition of energy poverty and vulnerability. However, these are sometimes quantitatively accounted for through proxy values (see, e.g., Boltz and Pichler [102], Golubchikov and O'Sullivan [103], Longhurst and Hargreaves [104], Ruse et al [105]and Waddams Price et al [96]). Among them, we found exclusion, social distribution, poverty and deprivation, state of social recognition, standard of living, household satisfaction, family structure (one-child / large families), traditions, rural/urban context characteristics, participation in decision making, social networks dynamics, gender, health and safety, and historical trajectories.…”

Section: Social Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The theoretical peculiarities of energy poverty research: a systematic literature review

Guevara¹,

Mendoza-Tinoco²,

Schwartz³

2022

Preprint

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Energy poverty represents a substantial burden on development strategies in the developed and developing world alike, accounts for several hundred thousands excess deaths per year worldwide, and is deeply interconnected to other problems in climate justice and social development. Despite its global relevance and the fact that there has been increased attention to it by governments, academia, and international institutions in the last two decades, the field lacks a clear theoretical foundation, represented mainly by the absence of consistent and agreed-upon conceptual and measurement approaches. This research presents an extensive systematic literature review of energy poverty and related terms since the 1970s and up to the year 2020, focusing on theoretical and methodological contributions. The objective is to synthesize the most influential doctrines, trends, and insights about the phenomenon. The results show that conceptual diversity goes beyond the widely recognized dichotomy between the Global North and Global South, despite several attempts to move towards a composed theoretical framework. Moreover, they also show that measurement, rather than theoretical development, has been the field’s primary focus, leading to many composite and single metrics. Due to the latter, the conceptual development has followed measurement advances instead of epistemological, semantic, or philosophical discussions, though this has started changing in recent years. Finally, considering energy poverty as a broader phenomenon has fueled a more profound debate on justice, which offers a more comprehensive understanding of the actual and expected position of energy poverty in society and development.

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