Biofuels and Rural Poverty

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. "The book makes a valuable contribution because it is able to exploit a niche of the biofuel debate that is often mentioned but glossed over, that is, the effects that larger-scale production of biofuels may have on the rural poor ... In summary, Joy Clancy's Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an important contribution to the literature on biofuels, particularly in the aspects of land ownership and access, gender gaps, and equitability in the distribution of benefits to the poor." - Shahnila Islam, International Journal of Water Resources Development Zusammenfassung Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes a unique contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas. Three key concerns are examined from a North-South perspective: ecological issues, pro-poor policies and equity of benefits within the global value chain. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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?

Product details

• Authors: Joy Clancy, Joy (University of Twente Clancy, Clancy Joy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2012
• EAN: 9781844077199
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-719-9
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Studies in Bioenergy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Sociology, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, Poverty & unemployment, Biodiversity, Social discrimination & inequality, Environmental Management, Botany & plant sciences, Agricultural science, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Development Studies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Botany and plant sciences, Poverty and precarity, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Social discrimination and social justice