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Energy security: Managing risk in a dynamic legal and regulatory environment

Author
Barton B (ed.)
Date
2004
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-072252)
Publisher | Place of publication
Oxford University Press | New York, NY, USA
ISBN
0-19-927161-5
Pages
650 p.
Document type
Miscellaneous
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, Singapore
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production Subsidy/incentive
Geographical area
Africa
Abstract

This volume examines energy security in a privatized, liberalized, and increasingly global energy market, in which the concept of sustainability has developed together with a higher awareness of environmental issues, but where the potential for supply disruptions, price fluctuation, and threats to infrastructure safety must also be considered. (source: Oxford University Press complete law catalogue 2004-2005) Contents: Introduction; International and regional approaches (1) International energy security (2) Energy security and the development of international energy markets (3) Shared competences and multi-faceted concepts - European legal framework for security of supply (4) Regional and national frameworks for energy security in Africa National approaches (5) Security of supply and control of terrorism: Energy security in the United States in the early twenty-first century (6) Canada 's voluntary, market-based approach to energy security (7) Energy security and energy sovereignty in Mexico (8) The Andes: So much energy, so little security (9) Security as Denmark 's heavy-handed regulation loosens (10) Re-regulating energy supply in the Netherlands: A balancing act between energy security and energy liberalization (11) Norway: Security of supply in liberalized energy sectors: A new role for regulation (12) Energy security and conflict with other values: The case of Germany (13) Security, continuity, and regularity of energy supply: The case of Spain (14) Reaching the limits of what the market will provide: Energy security in New Zealand (15) Singapore: National energy security and regional cooperation; Kazuhiro Nakatani: Energy security and Japan: The role of international law, domestic law, and diplomacy