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DR Giuseppina Siciliano's Outputs (7)

Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions (2023)
Book Chapter
Siciliano, G. (2023). Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions. In F. Urban, & J. Nordensvärd (Eds.), Handbook on Climate Change and Technology (82-101). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882119.00013

This chapter explores hydropower development at the global level and its role regarding climate change. Hydropower is generally considered a renewable and clean energy source. It represents one of the main energy sources for sustainable energy transi... Read More about Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions.

Costa Rica and Vietnam: Pioneers in green transformations (2020)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., Siciliano, G., Villalobos, A., Dang, N. A., & Markus, L. (2020). Costa Rica and Vietnam: Pioneers in green transformations. In R. K. Wurzel, M. Skou Andersen, & P. Tobin (Eds.), Climate Governance across the Globe. Pioneers, Leaders and Followers. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014249-6

This chapter compares the strategies and motives of green transformations for energy-related industries in Vietnam and Costa Rica, analyses what role their different political systems have played on climate governance, what progress has been made and... Read More about Costa Rica and Vietnam: Pioneers in green transformations.

Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building (2017)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-10

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines the governance and socio-economic implications of large Chinese dam developments in low- and middle-income countrie... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building.

Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia (2017)
Book Chapter
Majid Cooke, F., Saat, G., Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building (145-162). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-9

Using the approach of political ecology and the concept of elite capture, this chapter examines the implications of the Bakun Dam construction for the Orang Ulu after 18 years of resettlement. It addresses wider socioeconomic and political drivers of... Read More about Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia.

The socio-economic and biophysical dimensions of urbanisation strategies in China: land use changes, human time and energy intensity (2011)
Book Chapter
Siciliano, G. (2011). The socio-economic and biophysical dimensions of urbanisation strategies in China: land use changes, human time and energy intensity. In J. Ramos-Martín, M. Giampietro, S. Ulgiati, & S. G. Bukkens (Eds.), Can we break the addiction to fossil energy? : proceedings of the 7th Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies, Barcelona, Spain, 19-21 October 2010. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology