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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Energy vulnerability and its management
Beteiligte:
Percebois, Jacques
Erschienen:
Emerald, 2007
Erschienen in:International Journal of Energy Sector Management
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1108/17506220710738597
ISSN:
1750-6220
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<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of the paper is to clarify the distinction between vulnerability and energy dependence of a country and to present simple indicators that are used to analyse energy vulnerability.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>This paper introduces the different facets of the energy vulnerability concept and discusses the options available to manage risks arising from energy vulnerability.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>The concept of energy vulnerability takes various forms and cannot be reduced to appreciating the degree of dependency of a country concerning energy supplies.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>The contribution of the paper lies in offering a coherent set of indicators for analysing the energy vulnerability issue and in identifying a potential research area of developing a composite indicator of vulnerability similar to that of the human development indicator.</jats:p></jats:sec>