Christopher Lowans
Queen's University Belfast
7 Papers
1 Citations
Christopher Lowans is an academic researcher from Queen's University Belfast. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Energy poverty. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications.
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Papers
What is the state of the art in energy and transport poverty metrics? A critical and comprehensive review
Christopher Lowans,Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio,Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio,Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio,Benjamin K. Sovacool,Benjamin K. Sovacool,David Rooney,Aoife Foley +7 more
TL;DR: This review investigates the state of the art in metrics used in energy (or fuel) and transport poverty with a view to assessing how these overlapping concepts may be unified in their measurement and finds that multiple indicators are better than any single metric or composite.
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Energy poverty assessment: Indicators and implications for developing and developed countries
Dlzar Al Kez,Aoife M. Foley,Christopher Lowans,Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio +3 more
TL;DR: This study assesses energy poverty indicators, highlighting limitations of single indicators and proposing a framework for multidimensional indices to effectively communicate and address energy poverty across diverse contexts, considering local needs and cultural specificities.
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What causes energy and transport poverty in Ireland? Analysing demographic, economic, and social dynamics, and policy implications
Christopher Lowans,Aoife Foley,Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio,B. Caulfield,Benjamin K. Sovacool,Steven Griffiths,David Rooney +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors apply and analyse existing and novel energy and transport poverty metrics in a survey of 1564 participants across Ireland and consider results from expenditure and consensual data examining causal mechanisms and correlations.
Towards more equitable energy transitions in low-income households: An integrated analysis of energy and transport poverty in Northern Ireland
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the total costs of ownership of mode shifting and car sharing in transport and investment needs for domestic retrofit for energy poverty alleviation in Northern Ireland.
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