Biofuels and Rural Poverty

ISBN-13: 9781844077199 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 216 str.

Joy Clancy; Jon Lovett

Opis

Examines the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. This work looks at the production of biofuels from another perspective: the role of biofuels in reducing rural poverty.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Energy and Rural Poverty  3. The Impacts of Large-scale Biofuel Production in Rural Communities  4. How Does Large-Scale Liquid Biofuel Production Affect Socio-Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Services?  5. Liquid Biofuel Production and Rural Communities’ Food Security  6. Do Liquid Biofuels address Rural Energy and Poverty Issues?  7. Can Biofuels be Made Pro-Poor?

O autorze

Joy Clancy is Associate Professor in Technology and Development at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She has published extensively on development, energy and poverty.