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Energy Security Dimensions and Trends in Industrialized Countries
Energy Security Dimensions and Trends in Industrialized Countries
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Brown, Marilyn A.
Sovacool, Benjamin K.
Wang, Yu
D‘Agostino, Anthony Louis
Sovacool, Benjamin K.
Wang, Yu
D‘Agostino, Anthony Louis
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This article represents one of the first scholarly efforts to correlate actual energy policy and practice with expert views of the multidimensional concept of energy security. Based on the energy security performance of 22 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development between 1970 and 2007, it concludes that many industrialized countries have been unable to make progress toward the goal of achieving secure, reliable and affordable supplies of energy while also transitioning to a low-carbon energy system. However, some national best practices exist, which are identified by examining the relative performance of four countries: the United Kingdom and Belgium (both with noteworthy improvements), and Sweden and France (which have experienced notable slippage in relative performance). The article concludes by offering implications for energy policy more broadly and by providing empirical evidence that our four dimensions of energy security (availability, affordability, energy efficiency, and environmental stewardship) envelop the key strategic dimensions of energy security.
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2011-06
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