The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector

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dc.contributor.authorvan Horen, Cliveen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages [201]-220.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe long-awaited birth of political democracy in South Africa in 1994 has led to a fundamental re-assessment of policy in most sectors of society. Although the energy sector has witnessed a clrar shift away from the self-sufficiency concerns of the apartheid era, to more universal goals of economic efficiency, social equity and environmental sustainability, there has, as yet, been very little analysis of problems at the energy-environment interface. In this context, this thesis investigates environmental externalities arising in South Africa's energy sector. Two questions are posed: first and foremost, which environmental problems give rise to the most significant social costs? Secondarily, how helpful is an environmental economic analysis in this context? With respect to the first question, it is hypothesised that the external costs arising from two sectors are significant: the electricity generation sector, and the low-income, unelectrified household sector. Of these two, it is suggested that externalities in the latter are most serious. After reviewing the literature on externalities and environmental valuation, the thesis undertakes an empirical investigation of external costs in both energy sub-sectors. A classification system is developed and used to select those externalities in each sector which are potentially serious and regarding which there is sufficient information for quantification purposes. After reviewing a larger number of impacts, data are collected from both published and unpublished sources for four environmental externalities in the electricity sector, and six in the household sector.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationvan Horen, C. (1996). <i>The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21698en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationvan Horen, Clive. <i>"The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21698en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan Horen, C. 1996. The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - van Horen, Clive AB - The long-awaited birth of political democracy in South Africa in 1994 has led to a fundamental re-assessment of policy in most sectors of society. Although the energy sector has witnessed a clrar shift away from the self-sufficiency concerns of the apartheid era, to more universal goals of economic efficiency, social equity and environmental sustainability, there has, as yet, been very little analysis of problems at the energy-environment interface. In this context, this thesis investigates environmental externalities arising in South Africa's energy sector. Two questions are posed: first and foremost, which environmental problems give rise to the most significant social costs? Secondarily, how helpful is an environmental economic analysis in this context? With respect to the first question, it is hypothesised that the external costs arising from two sectors are significant: the electricity generation sector, and the low-income, unelectrified household sector. Of these two, it is suggested that externalities in the latter are most serious. After reviewing the literature on externalities and environmental valuation, the thesis undertakes an empirical investigation of external costs in both energy sub-sectors. A classification system is developed and used to select those externalities in each sector which are potentially serious and regarding which there is sufficient information for quantification purposes. After reviewing a larger number of impacts, data are collected from both published and unpublished sources for four environmental externalities in the electricity sector, and six in the household sector. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector TI - The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21698 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationvan Horen C. The cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sector. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21698en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEnergy Researchen_ZA
dc.titleThe cost of power : externalities in South Africa's energy sectoren_ZA
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