Energy and environment in South Africa: charting a course to sustainability

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 8-17

  Spalding Fecher, Randall ^a   Williams, Anthony ^a   van Horen, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Board of Executors   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HOUSEHOLD SECTORS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLIC INVESTMENTS; SYNTHETIC LIQUID FUELS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0002143740     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60259-8     Document Type: Article

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