Fire safety and energy poverty: Tackling a hidden injustice

消防安全和能源贫困：解决隐藏的不公正问题

• 批准号: 2885914
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2885914
• 关键词: Fire; safety; energy; poverty; Tackling

This project aims to investigate the relationships between domestic fire safety and energy poverty. It starts from the premise that households who struggle to afford needed energy services in the home are also disproportionately exposed to fire risks, due to the poor quality of their housing and electricity installations, as well as the higher prevalence of unsafe energy consumption practices. The studentship speaks to an emergent body of evidence (e.g. Grenfell;urban fires of summer 2022 in Southeast England) suggesting that energy hardship is one of the main reasons why fire is a key cause of mortality and morbidity among disadvantaged households(Clark et al. 2015). Even if the predicament is on the rise due to increasing social inequalities(Cauvain and Bouzarovski 2016) and the structural effects of climate change (Arnell et al. 2021),the links between fire safety and energy poverty are poorly understood. In particular, there is a lack of quantifiable data - in terms of geographic and demographic disaggregation - accompanied by qualitative insights into the everyday experiences of vulnerable groups.

该项目旨在调查国内消防安全与能源贫困之间的关系。它的前提是，由于住房和电力设施质量差，以及不安全的能源消费做法更为普遍，那些难以负担家中所需能源服务的家庭也不成比例地面临火灾风险。该奖学金谈到了一个新出现的证据体系（例如Grenfell;英格兰东南部2022年夏季的城市火灾），表明能源困难是火灾是弱势家庭死亡率和发病率的主要原因之一（Clark等人2015）。即使由于社会不平等的加剧（Cauvain和Bouzarovski 2016）和气候变化的结构性影响（Arnell等人2021），这种困境正在加剧，但人们对消防安全和能源贫困之间的联系知之甚少。特别是缺乏按地理和人口分列的可量化数据，以及对弱势群体日常经历的定性了解。