Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project

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dc.contributor.authorTait, Louise
dc.contributor.authorMcCall, Bryce
dc.contributor.authorStone, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T12:22:51Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T12:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-02-04T09:36:35Z
dc.description.abstractUrbanisation is occurring fastest in developing countries, with the least developed countries expected to have the highest population growth rates between 2010 and 2050 (Madlener and Sunak, 2011). Cities in these countries are going to increasingly be important sites of energy demand and associated emissions. Much of the literature about sustainable urban energy transitions has to date focussed on developed country contexts; as the current sources of greatest emissions, this makes sense. In looking forward, however, if the energy demand and emissions of developing country cities increase to that equivalent of many western cities today, we may be unable to avoid catastrophic climate change. Transitioning energy infrastructures and associated urban systems is a long-term process. In the absence of forward planning, developing country cities run risks of infrastructural and urban planning lock-in to systems that are unsustainable (Olazabal and Pascual, 2013).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTait, L., McCall, B., & Stone, A. (2014). Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project. <i>Energy Research Centre</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16898en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTait, Louise, Bryce McCall, and Adrian Stone "Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project." <i>Energy Research Centre</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16898en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTait, L., McCall, B. & Stone, A. (2014). Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project. Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Tait, Louise AU - McCall, Bryce AU - Stone, Adrian AB - Urbanisation is occurring fastest in developing countries, with the least developed countries expected to have the highest population growth rates between 2010 and 2050 (Madlener and Sunak, 2011). Cities in these countries are going to increasingly be important sites of energy demand and associated emissions. Much of the literature about sustainable urban energy transitions has to date focussed on developed country contexts; as the current sources of greatest emissions, this makes sense. In looking forward, however, if the energy demand and emissions of developing country cities increase to that equivalent of many western cities today, we may be unable to avoid catastrophic climate change. Transitioning energy infrastructures and associated urban systems is a long-term process. In the absence of forward planning, developing country cities run risks of infrastructural and urban planning lock-in to systems that are unsustainable (Olazabal and Pascual, 2013). DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Energy Research Centre LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project TI - Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16898 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16898
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTait L, McCall B, Stone A. Energy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET project. Energy Research Centre. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16898.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherEnergy Research Centre, University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEnergy consumption
dc.subject.otherGreenhouse gas mitigation
dc.subject.otherEnergy policy
dc.subject.otherClimatic changes
dc.titleEnergy futures modelling for African cities: selecting a modelling tool for the SAMSET projecten_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsEnergy futures modellingen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsAfricaen_ZA
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