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.
Highlights
Economic growth over the last two centuries has positioned energy as a basic structural asset
The article is structured as follows: Section 2 reviews the literature on household energy vulnerability, focusing on the abstract and multidimensional nature of the term, thereby justifying the use of synthetic indicator methodology, and describes the theoretical background employed in drawing up the proposed Household Energy Vulnerability Index (HEVI)
Research into the disparities in household energy vulnerability among territories provides numerous opportunities on a political level, enabling decision makers to introduce corrective measures that will prevent situations of energy poverty, which are caused by spatial drivers
Summary
Economic growth over the last two centuries has positioned energy as a basic structural asset. Household energy poverty has gradually been included on political agendas, which in turn is an indicator of the degree of its impact from various perspectives [11,12,13,14,15,16,17] In line with these proposals and faced with the lack of mechanisms capable of contributing to the prevention of situations of this kind, multilevel public institutions have introduced palliative measures based on programs designed to tackle energy poverty and minimize its impact following detection. The article is structured as follows: Section 2 reviews the literature on household energy vulnerability, focusing on the abstract and multidimensional nature of the term, thereby justifying the use of synthetic indicator methodology, and describes the theoretical background employed in drawing up the proposed Household Energy Vulnerability Index (HEVI). The article ends with a series of conclusions and limitations of the study
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