Research Article
Socio-Economics Aspects of Housing Quality in the Context of Energy Poverty
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_53, author={Daniela Spirkova and Maria Zubkova and Janka Babelova and Dagmar Caganova}, title={Socio-Economics Aspects of Housing Quality in the Context of Energy Poverty}, proceedings={Smart City 360°. First EAI International Summit, Smart City 360°, Bratislava, Slovakia and Toronto, Canada, October 13-16, 2015. Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={SMARTCITY360}, year={2016}, month={6}, keywords={Housing quality Social exclusion of people Energy poverty}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_53} }- Daniela Spirkova
Maria Zubkova
Janka Babelova
Dagmar Caganova
Year: 2016
Socio-Economics Aspects of Housing Quality in the Context of Energy Poverty
SMARTCITY360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_53
Abstract
Energy poverty is a term that is used for energy shortages in terms of providing electricity, heat, cold, etc. and it primarily means a limited or no access to these resources in the context of lack of necessary infrastructure, inability to connect to the transmission system, low income households etc. It is a problem that has a significant impact on the development and formation of young people. Quality of life is closely linked to housing and housing is determined by other factors, and energy poverty can be regarded as one of the most important factors. The aim of this paper is to name the energy poverty as an important determinant of the social dimension of housing quality, which may be a negative boundary element to the social exclusion of people.