Fires, Fuel & the Fate of 3 Billion

The State of the Energy Impoverished
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-933667-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 246 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 998 g

Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes. Besides providing heat, these stoves also release large amounts of dense black soot, which has a staggeringly negative impact on the health, ecosystems, and advancement of the poor in the developing world.

Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion examines the complex nexus of issues at play in the developing world's use of crude cookstoves -- factors such as poverty, energy, environment, and gender inequality. Melding succinct prose, scientific synthesis, and unforgettable images of communities in rural India, this multidisciplinary work aims to prompt new awareness of a wicked problem: how families can depend on, and be plagued by, crude cookstoves.

What is clear in this visual and scientific treatise is the fact this is not simply a problem of rudimentary stoves; it is a symptom of energy insecurity. The images, narratives, and illustrated scientific data make this book an urgent call to better understand and address energy poverty and household air pollution around the globe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yadama, Gautam N

Weitere Mitwirkende

Katzman, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gautam N. Yadama, PhD, is a Professor at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, and a Faculty Scholar in Washington University's Institute of Public Health. Professor Yadamas work focuses on understanding the social and environmental challenges of rural poor in the regions of South Asia and China. His research examines the interconnection and interdependent nature of households and communities; there is a particular focus on solutions to improve the social, economic, environmental and health outcomes. Serving as a faculty scholar in Washington Universitys Institute for Public Health, he's been able to conduct extensive community based research specifically in India, Nepal and China.

Dr. Yadamas research in India focuses on understanding the livelihoods of natural resource dependent poor and ensuing strategies to achieve sustainability in their lives and resources. In collaboration with the Social Systems Design Lab at the Brown School and the Foundation for Ecological Security, hes engaged in causal loop modeling with rural communities to elicit human and natural resource systems interactions to understand the drivers of sustainable social and ecological systems. Currently, he's involved in the implementation of two projects in India. One is a randomized control trial to study sustainability of new and efficient stove technologies in rural India.

Mark Katzman has traveled the globe as a distinguished commercial photographer, on assignments from such publications as Time, Newsweek, Audubon, Backpacker, Food and Wine, Forbes, and Fortune, and such international companies as Microsoft, UBS, Boston Scientific, AT&T, Intel, Honda, Novartis, and Nestle-Purina. Named one of the 200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World in 2012 by Luerzer's Archive, Katzman is considered an international expert on the photogravure process. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and three kids.