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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111397
	Towards a new approach in measuring energy poverty: Household level analysis of urban India
	Nathan H.S.K.; Hari L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	140
英文摘要	Measurement of energy poverty has been a missing priority in energy research. There is hardly any consensus regarding whether to consider energy as a resource or capacity, output or outcome, and quantity or service. In this paper, we revisit major approaches in literature to assess energy poverty: economic, engineering, and access-based, including others. We critique the economic and engineering approaches for the arbitrariness of cut-offs and the misplaced emphasis on less meaningful energy quantity. Finding the access-based approach most suitable, we propose a method of assessing energy poverty based on deprivation in modern cooking and lighting fuels. We divide the energy-poor into three groups: transitional, moderate, and extreme energy-poor. We apply the method to India's urban areas of different states and union territories using the national sample survey data. The results reveal energy poverty to be primarily dictated by deprivation in cooking and a greater incidence of energy poverty in larger states. In contrast to conventional measures, we compute the depth and severity of energy poverty only for energy-poor as opposed to for the entire population. These complementary measures depict energy poverty of energy-poor more accurately and therefore will direct the attention of pro-poor energy policies and programmes appropriately. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Complementary poverty measures Depth and severity of energy poverty Energy access Energy poor and its sub-categories Measuring energy deprivation
英文关键词	Energy policy; Complementary poverty measures; Energy access; Energy poor and its sub-categories; Energy poverties; Measuring energy deprivation; Economic and social effects; accuracy assessment; energy efficiency; energy policy; household energy; numerical model; poverty alleviation; state role; India
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204790
作者单位	Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand, India; Centre for Sustainable Development, K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Nathan H.S.K.,Hari L.. Towards a new approach in measuring energy poverty: Household level analysis of urban India[J],2020,140.
APA	Nathan H.S.K.,&Hari L..(2020).Towards a new approach in measuring energy poverty: Household level analysis of urban India.Energy Policy,140.
MLA	Nathan H.S.K.,et al."Towards a new approach in measuring energy poverty: Household level analysis of urban India".Energy Policy 140(2020).