A Territorial Estimate for Household Energy Vulnerability: An Application for Spain

Pilar Murias, Beatriz Valcárcel-Aguiar and Rosa María Regueiro-Ferreira
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Pilar Murias: Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Beatriz Valcárcel-Aguiar: Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Rosa María Regueiro-Ferreira: Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 15, 1-21

Abstract: This paper proposes a composite indicator intended to assess territorial differences in household energy vulnerability. Although the estimation of household energy vulnerability has received less attention in scientific literature than energy poverty, it is a key element for political action as it allows for the diagnosis and subsequent action to tackle potential situations of household poverty before they actually occur. In this sense, the principal contribution of this article is a proposal for a tool designed to quantify the abstract and multidimensional phenomenon of household energy vulnerability. The technique used for constructing this synthetic indicator allows for the participation of stakeholders, especially policy makers, in defining and calculating the index. The synthetic index for energy vulnerability has been estimated for Spanish provinces. The results allow for the creation of a map providing an approximate insight into the spatial distribution of household energy vulnerability in Spain.

Keywords: energy vulnerability; energy poverty; composite indicator; goal programming; Spanish provinces (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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