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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.003
	Understanding attitudes toward energy security: Results of a cross-national survey
	Knox-Hayes J.; Brown M.A.; Sovacool B.K.; Wang Y.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	23 期号:3
英文摘要	Energy security is embedded in a complex system encompassing factors that constitute the social environment in which individuals are immersed. Everything from education, to access to resources to policy and cultural values of particular places affects perceptions and experiences of energy security. This article examines the types of energy security challenges that nations face and characterizes the policy responses that are often used to address these challenges. Drawing from a survey of energy consumers in Brazil, China, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the United States, we conduct a cross-national comparison of energy security attitudes as well as analyze each country's energy resources, consumption characteristics and energy policies. Through multivariate regression analysis and case studies we find that socio-demographic and regional characteristics affect attitudes towards energy security. Specifically, we find a strong relationship between level of reliance on oil imports and level of concern for a variety of energy security characteristics including availability, affordability and equity. Our results reaffirm the importance of gender and age in shaping perceptions of security, but also extend existing literature by elucidating the impacts of country energy portfolios and policies in shaping climate and security perceptions. Level of development, reliance on oil, and strong energy efficiency policies all affect individuals' sense of energy security. In sum, we find that energy security is a highly context-dependent condition that is best understood from a nuanced and multi-dimensional perspective. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Climate change; Energy security; Energy sustainability; Security of supply
学科领域	age; climate change; energy; equity; gender; regression analysis; security; sustainability; Brazil; China; Germany; India; Japan; Kazakhstan; Papua New Guinea; Saudi Arabia; United States
语种	英语
scopus关键词	age; climate change; energy; equity; gender; regression analysis; security; sustainability; Brazil; China; Germany; India; Japan; Kazakhstan; Papua New Guinea; Saudi Arabia; United States
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117948
作者单位	School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States; Vermont Law School, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Knox-Hayes J.,Brown M.A.,Sovacool B.K.,et al. Understanding attitudes toward energy security: Results of a cross-national survey[J],2013,23(3).
APA	Knox-Hayes J.,Brown M.A.,Sovacool B.K.,&Wang Y..(2013).Understanding attitudes toward energy security: Results of a cross-national survey.Global Environmental Change,23(3).
MLA	Knox-Hayes J.,et al."Understanding attitudes toward energy security: Results of a cross-national survey".Global Environmental Change 23.3(2013).