International handbook of energy security / edited by Hugh Dyer, Maria Julia Trombetta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Dyer, Hugh.

Trombetta, Maria Julia.

Series:

Elgar original reference.

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

Energy development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Handbook brings together energy security experts to explore the implications of framing the energy debate in security terms, both in respect of the governance of energy systems and the practices associated with energy security. The contributors expertly review and analyse the key aspects and research issues in the emerging field of energy security, test the current state of knowledge, and provides suggestions for reflection and further analysis. This involves providing an account of the multiplicity of discourses and meanings of energy security, and contextualizing them. They also suggest

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1. The concept of energy security: broadening, deepening, transforming; PART II ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES; 2. Energy security and liberal democracy: ideals, imperatives and balancing acts; 3. Framing new threats: the internal security of gas and electricity networks in the European Union; 4. Resource conflicts: energy worth fighting for?; 5. Global energy supply: scale, perception and the return to geopolitics; PART III SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY; 6. Securing energy supply: strategic reserves

7. Securing energy supply II: diversification of energy sources and carriers8. Energy security assessment framework and three case studies; 9. National energy strategies of major industrialized countries; 10. Developing world: national energy strategies; PART IV SECURITY OF ENERGY DEMAND; 11. Energy demand: security for suppliers?; 12. Oil producers' perspectives on energy security; 13. Energy security governance in light of the Energy Charter process; PART V ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY; 14. Governance dimensions of climate and energy security

15. Energy, climate change and conflict: securitization of migration, mitigation and geoengineering16. Environmental implications of energy production; 17. Washing away energy security: the vulnerability of energy infrastructure to environmental change; 18. Paradoxes and harmony in the energy-climate governance nexus; PART VI ENERGY AND HUMAN SECURITY; 19. Energy poverty: access, health and welfare; 20. Ethical dimensions of renewable energy; 21. Low carbon development and energy security in Africa

22. The road not taken, round II: centralized vs. distributed energy strategies and human security23. Human security and energy security: a sustainable energy system as a public good; PART VII CONCLUSIONS; 24. The political economy of energy security; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78100-790-X

OCLC:

855504731