scholarly journals How do senior citizens cope with energy poverty? Evidence from a local case study in the Polish Silesia region

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 74-95
Author(s):  
Dorota Nowalska-Kapuścik
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Local Case

Adaptive setpoint temperatures to reduce the risk of energy poverty? A local case study in Seville

2021 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 110571
Author(s):  
David Bienvenido-Huertas ◽  
Daniel Sánchez-García ◽  
Carlos Rubio-Bellido
Keyword(s):  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Local Case

scholarly journals Just Transition as a Tool for Preventing Energy Poverty among Women in Mining Areas—A Case Study of the Silesia Region, Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3372
Author(s):  
Olga Janikowska ◽  
Joanna Kulczycka
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Major Conclusion ◽  
Energy Transformation ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Transition Strategy ◽  
Mining Regions

The inevitable energy transformation can be perceived as an opportunity and as a threat to the actions undertaken to prevent energy poverty in European mining regions. Silesia is a special exemplification of the European region whose economy has been based on coal industry for centuries. There are still about 70,000 miners and coal is also widely used for heating households. Based on developed map of jobs lost in mining and related industry and the demographic and social data the proposal of activities addressed to different group of people has been created. It was also indicated that energy poverty in Poland mainly concerns households inhabited by single women. Therefore, the major conclusion of the paper is postulated that the Just Transition strategy should be extended by issues strictly related to the situation of women in the future labor market. Additionally, the concept of a special hub for women, whose aim would be professional activation of women of various age groups, has been introduced.

A Data-Driven Decision Support Tool at the service of Energy suppliers and Utilities for Tackling Energy Poverty: A case study in Greece

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apostolos Arsenopoulos ◽  
Elissaios Sarmas ◽  
Andriana Stavrakaki ◽  
Ioanna Giannouli ◽  
John Psarras
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Support Tool

Social Investment and the causes of energy poverty: are cooperatives a solution?

2019 ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Michael Willoughby ◽  
José Millet-Roig ◽  
José Pedro García-Sabater ◽  
Aida Saez-Mas
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
The Face

This chapter is about a successful energy co-operative in Spain. With rising poverty and energy prices among the most expensive in Europe and, the cooperative not only provides a reliable source of clean energy to consumers, but also forms a central part of the community in which it is situated. The case study points to a need for private enterprises to collaborate with local authorities and social services to provide solutions to drastic situations of poverty that are still prevalent, particularly in areas of Southern and Eastern Europe. The Spanish energy cooperative demonstrates one way in which the social economy can help to shape the future of the welfare state in the absence of state funding and in the face of national policies that are not well aligned.

Visiting the state’s secret places

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
Police Custody ◽  
Local Case ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Subject

Suspects arrested by the police spend their time in police custody out of public view: custody visitors check on the welfare of detainees being held in police custody and report on their findings. The key issues are policy, independence and effectiveness, and the key concepts are power and the ideology of criminal justice. The research was carried out by a former visitor, and was specially designed to suit the subject matter, centring on an in-depth local case study. The setting, custody, remains very much the police’s territory, where legal representation is inadequate. Custody visiting is a type of regulation as part of the United Kingdom’s National Preventive Mechanism: police behaviour in custody blocks should be subject to more, and more effective regulation.

scholarly journals Repression, Rivalry and Racketeering in the Creation of Franco’s Spain: The Curious Case of Emilio Griffiths

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Stockey
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
Personal History ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Personal Gain ◽  
Unexplained Death ◽  
Local Case ◽  
History Of

This article charts the personal history of Emilio Griffiths Navarro, a key individual in the Francoist administration in the Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz province) during the early months of the Spanish Civil War. Griffiths is used as a case study to analyse the dynamics of Francoist repression in Southern Spain, and in particular the construction of what Rúben Serém has referred to as the ‘kleptocratic state’ that Franco’s fellow conspirator, General Queipo de Llano, constructed in the South. The article reaffirms the degree to which personal networks, personal rivalries and personal gain played a role in the Francoist repression. As a local case study, it also notes the unique conditions provided by rebel Spain’s border with British Gibraltar, and how this shaped the nature and extent of that repression. The article charts Griffiths’ own demise, from senior rebel official to arrest and unexplained death at the hands of Francoist security forces just 10 months later, and uses the mystery to further speculate as to rivalries and repression in early-Francoist Spain.

scholarly journals Housing Preferences of Seniors and Pre-Senior Citizens in Poland—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Jancz ◽  
Radoslaw Trojanek
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Family ◽  
City Center ◽  
Housing Preferences ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Family House

This article identifies and compares the housing preferences of seniors and pre-senior citizens in Poland. In addition, the attitude of residents of large cities in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship towards senior citizens’ housing was determined. Surveys were conducted in the two largest cities of this region. The influence of the potential behaviors of this group of society on the development of housing was also examined. Results showed that differentiation of housing preferences was visible primarily when choosing the type of development and size of the dwelling. Seniors preferred smaller units in multi-family housing construction. Pre-senior citizens, on the other hand, were more likely to think about living in a single-family house. The location of a new dwelling was also important. Seniors, more often than people aged 50–59, chose a location in the city center. Pre-senior citizens, in contrast, more often decided to live in a rural area or outside the city center. Moreover, the attitude of seniors towards senior citizens’ housing is undecided, which may indicate that many people may change their housing preferences in the future and decide to move.

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