Energy-Based Economic Development How Clean Energy can Drive Develop

Energy is becoming a prominent driver of economic development. Each year, billions of dollars are invested around the world by the public and private sectors in low-emissions energy development and energy efficiency planning. Energy-based economic develop

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Energy-Based Economic Development How Clean Energy can Drive Development and Stimulate Economic Growth

Energy-Based Economic Development

Sanya Carley Sara Lawrence •

Energy-Based Economic Development How Clean Energy can Drive Development and Stimulate Economic Growth

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Sanya Carley Bloomington, IN USA

Sara Lawrence Raleigh, NC USA

ISBN 978-1-4471-6340-4 ISBN 978-1-4471-6341-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6341-1 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Brian Southwell, Vikram Rao, Patricia Scruggs, Daniel Raimi, Mark Skinner, and Ted Abernathy for peer-reviewing drafts of the book. We also thank the three anonymous reviewers of the original proposal for their constructive feedback. Several research assistants provided valuable support. We thank Marty Hyman, Eric Fisher, Laura Nicholson, Elinor Benami, Andrew Nourafshan, Michael Spolum, Tingting Tang, Rachel Dimmit, and Ope Onibokun. We are very appreciative of the thoughtful contributions from Mr. Myles Elledge on the national case studies selected in Chap. 8 and Mr. Daniel Raimi for his research on natural gas development in Sout