Conceptualising energy use and energy poverty using a capabilities framework
Conceptualising energy use and energy poverty using a capabilities framework
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DOI：
10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.019
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
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9
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Simcock, Neil
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作者：
Day, Rosie;Walker, Gordon;Simcock, Neil
在本文中，我们以Amartya Sen、Martha Nussbaum和其他人的工作为基础，从能力的角度对能源使用进行了概念化。在此基础上，我们建议在能力空间中对能源贫困进行相应的定义。我们认为，这种理解提供了一种理论上连贯的方法来理解能量与福祉之间的关系，从而将能量剥夺概念化，这在包括全球北方和南方在内的环境中都是有意义的：一种以前缺乏的连贯性。同时，它具有灵活性，可以以对本地上下文敏感的方式进行部署。了解能力空间中的能源使用也为确定多个干预地点提供了一种方法，包括目前在很大程度上被忽视的一些区域。我们认为，这有利于在气候变化的背景下解决能源贫困问题，有利于遏制总能源消耗。(C) 2016年作者。Elsevier Ltd.出版。
In this article we conceptualise energy use from a capabilities perspective, informed by the work of Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum and others following them. Building on this, we suggest a corresponding definition of energy poverty, as understood in the capabilities space. We argue that such an understanding provides a theoretically coherent means of comprehending the relationship between energy and wellbeing, and thus conceptualising energy deprivation, that makes sense across settings including both the global North and South: a coherence which has previously been lacking. At the same time, it has the flexibility to be deployed in a way that is sensitive to local contexts. Understanding energy use in the capabilities space also provides a means for identifying multiple sites of intervention, including some areas that are currently largely overlooked. We argue that this is advantageous for attempts to address energy poverty in the context of climate change and imperatives for the containment of aggregate energy consumption. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.