{"title":"Benjamin K. Sovacool","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin K. Sovacool\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the complex intersections of energy, society, and development. His works delve into the challenges of energy access and its impact on poverty alleviation, presenting nuanced perspectives grounded in rigorous research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analyses that blend science, policy, and social considerations, shedding light on the role of energy in shaping sustainable futures. These books provoke reflection on how technological and political choices influence global development within the broader context of science and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"energy-access-poverty-and-development-by-benjamin-k-sovacool-9781409441137","title":"Energy Access, Poverty, and Development","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research, \u003cem\u003eEnergy Access, Poverty, and Development\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse regions in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough an in-depth exploration of case studies in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka, the authors highlight the applicability of different approaches and technologies, illuminating how household and commercial innovations occur (or fail to occur) within particular energy governance regimes. It also, uniquely, explores successful case studies alongside failures or \"worst practice\" examples that are often just as revealing as those that met their targets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on these successes and failures, the book presents twelve salient lessons for policymakers and practitioners wishing to expand energy access and raise standards of living in some of the world's poorest communities. It also develops an innovative framework consisting of 42 distinct factors that explain why some energy development interventions accomplish all of their goals while others languish to achieve any.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605631156460,"sku":"9781409441137","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781409441137-energy-access-poverty-and-development.jpg?v=1778136686"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/benjamin-k-sovacool.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}