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Reference Number	L320273053
Title	Energy related environmental problems and priorities at different levels of developments
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 50%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 50%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies) 50%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Development Studies) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 50%;
Principal Investigator	Professor PJG (Peter ) Pearson No email address given Architecture Cardiff University
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	ESRC
Start Date	01 January 1993
End Date	31 December 1993
Duration	12 months
Total Grant Value	£42,470
Industrial Sectors	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region	Wales
Programme	ESRC Energy
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor PJG (Peter ) Pearson , Architecture, Cardiff University (100.000%)
Web Site	https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=L320273053
Objectives	Objectives not supplied
Abstract	Application abstract: The issues raised by global environmental change lead to questions about how energy-related environmental problems and priorities vary with different levels of development. Of particular interest at the under-analysed differences and similarities between Third World Countries (TWCs), Newly-Industrialising Countries (NICs) and Industrialised Countries (ICs) in the priorities given to different categories of envirnometal issue and types of environmental quality. This GEC Research Fellowship project will address two questions: (a) are there sound reasons why a TWC would take a different view of energy-related environmental issues, and have different perceptions and priorities from those of an IC? (B) how are these theoretical differences reflected in practical decision-making? The major part of the project will be a theoretical investigation of why and how energy-related environmental priorities might be expects to change as development proceeds, with particular reference to the issues raised by the electricity generation. Empirical material on how recent decisions have been made about electricity generation in TWCs, NICs and ICs in the recent past will provide both a check on and a stimulus to develop the theoretical analysis. Stress will be laid on the difference between desired environmental priorities and the ways in which actual decisions are constrained by income and wealth. Light may be thrown on areas where action by richer countries could be particularly effective in assisting poorer countries to achieve wider objectives of sustainable development.
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	06/09/11