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Authored Books

Urban, Frauke (2014) Low Carbon Transitions for Developing Countries. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke, eds. (2017) Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies)

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, eds. (2016) Low Carbon Development - Routledge Major Works Collections: Critical Concepts in Development Studies. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. (Critical Concepts in Development Studies)

Urban, Frauke, ed. (2015) Environmental innovation for sustainable development: the role of China. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (Special Issue of Sustainable Development: Vol. 23, Issue. 4)

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, eds. (2013) Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. London: Earthscan, Routledge.

Urban, Frauke, Mohan, Giles and Cook, Sarah, eds. (2013) China as a new shaper of international development: the environmental implications. Berlin: Springer Nature. (Special Issue of Environment, Development and Sustainability; Vol. 15 Issue. 2)

Book Chapters

Siciliano, Giuseppina (2023) 'Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvärd, Johan, (eds.), Handbook on Climate Change and Technology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 82-101.

Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina, Villalobos, Alonso, Dang, Nguyen Anh and Markus, Lederer (2020) 'Costa Rica and Vietnam: Pioneers in green transformations.' In: Wurzel, Rüdiger K.W., Skou Andersen, Mikael and Tobin, Paul, (eds.), Climate Governance across the Globe. Pioneers, Leaders and Followers. Abingdon: Routledge. (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics Series)

Urban, Frauke and Siciliano, Giuseppina (2017) 'Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building.' In: Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke, (eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building. Abingdon: Routledge. (Routledge explorations in development studies)

Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke (2017) 'China’s hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Implications for resource access and development.' In: Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke, (eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 1-13. (Routledge explorations in development studies)

Majid Cooke, Fadzilah, Saat, Gusni, Urban, Frauke and Siciliano, Giuseppina (2017) 'Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia.' In: Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke, (eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 145-162. (Routledge explorations in development studies)

Tan-Mullins, May, Mang, Grace and Urban, Frauke (2017) 'The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia.' In: Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke, (eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 80-99. (Routledge explorations in development studies)

Kelman, Ilan, Colbourn, Tim, Costello, Anthony, Georgeson, Lucien, Kovats, Sari, Maslin, Mark, Newsham, Andrew, Sammonds, Peter, Urban, Frauke, Waage, Jeff and Wilkinson, Paul (2015) 'Climate and Climate Change.' In: Waage, Jeff and Yap, Chris, (eds.), Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development. London: Ubiquity Press, pp. 11-17.

Cooke, Fadzilah Majid, Saat, Gusni, Gani, Nicholas and Urban, Frauke (2015) 'The land issue in the water, energy and food security nexus.' In: Hezri, Adnan, (ed.), Water, energy and food security nexus. Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, pp. 123-131.

Tanner, Thomas and Harvey, Blane (2013) 'Social justice and low carbon development.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 55-65.

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan (2013) 'Approaches to Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: A Conceptual Framework.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge, pp. 217-227.

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan (2013) 'Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge, pp. 81-93.

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan (2013) 'Low Carbon Development: Origins, concepts and key issues.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge, pp. 3-22.

Urban, Frauke, Ting, Marie Blanche and Lakew, Hilawe (2013) 'Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge, pp. 228-239.

Urban, Frauke, Nordensvard, Johan and Zhou, Yuan (2013) 'Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge, pp. 259-269.

Urban, Frauke (2013) 'Triple Win? The Case of Climate Compatible Development.' In: Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Urban, (eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues. Oxon: Earthscan, Routledge, pp. 202-212.

Urban, Frauke and Sumner, A. (2012) 'Pro-poor low carbon development.' In: Ockwell, David and Mallett, Alexandra, (eds.), Low carbon technology transfer: from rhetoric to reality. London: Routledge.

Urban, Frauke, Benders, R.M.J. and Moll, H.C. (2006) 'Modelling Transitions to Renewable Energy in Developing Countries.' In: Sastry, E.V.R. and Reddy, D.N., (eds.), Transition to renewable energy - emerging global opportunities : proceedings of the International Congress on Renewable Energy 2006, ICORE 2006 ; Hyderabad, India, February 8-11, 2006. Hyderabad, India: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, pp. 497-502.

Journal Article

Lederer, Markus, Wallbott, Linda, Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina and Dang Nguyen, Anh (2020) 'Implementing climate change top-down: climate, energy and industrial politics in Vietnam.' Sociology, 8 (2). pp. 12-29.

Siciliano, Giuseppina, Del Bene, Daniela, Scheidel, Arnim, Liu, Juan and Urban, Frauke (2019) 'Environmental justice and Chinese dam-building in the global South.' Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 37. pp. 20-27.

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan (2018) 'Low Carbon Energy Transitions in the Nordic Countries: Evidence from the Environmental Kuznets Curve.' Energies, 11 (9).

Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina, Wallbott, Linda, Lederer, Markus and Dang Nguyen, Anh (2018) 'Green transformations in Vietnam's energy sector.' Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 5 (3). pp. 558-582.

Siciliano, Giuseppina, Urban, Frauke, Tan-Mullins, May and Mohan, Giles (2018) 'Large dams, energy justice and the divergence between international, national and local developmental needs and priorities in the global South.' Energy Research and Social Science, 41. pp. 199-209.

Zhou, Yuan, Pan, Meijuan and Urban, Frauke (2018) 'Comparing the International Knowledge Flow of China’s Wind and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Industries: Patent Analysis and Implications for Sustainable Development.' Sustainability, 10 (6).

Kirchherr, Julian and Urban, Frauke (2018) 'Technology transfer and cooperation for low carbon energy technology: Analysing 30 years of scholarship and proposing a research agenda.' Energy Policy, 119. pp. 600-609.

Urban, Frauke, Wang, Yu and Geall, Sam (2018) 'The prospects, politics and practices of solar energy in China.' Journal of Environment and Development, 27 (1). pp. 74-98.

Urban, Frauke (2018) 'China's rise: Challenging the North-South technology transfer paradigm for climate change mitigation and low carbon energy.' Energy Policy, 113. pp. 320-330.

Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina and Nordensvard, Johan (2018) 'China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia.' International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34 (5). pp. 747-770.

Ma, Ben, Yu, Yihua and Urban, Frauke (2017) 'Green transition of energy systems in rural China: National survey evidence of households’ discrete choices on water heaters.' Energy Policy, 113 (2). pp. 559-570.

Cooke, Fadzilah Majid, Nordensvard, Johan, Saat, Bin Gusni, Urban, Frauke and Siciliano, Giuseppina (2017) 'The Limits of Social Protection: The Case of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous Peoples' Land.' Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 4 (3). pp. 437-450.

Olorunfemi, Felix, May, Tan-Mullins, Giles, Mohan, Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke (2017) 'Hope, Politics and Risk: The Case of Chinese Dam in Nigeria.' Energy and Environment Research, 7 (2). pp. 1-13.

Tan-Mullins, May, Urban, Frauke and Mang, Grace (2017) 'Evaluating the Behaviour of Chinese Stakeholders Engaged in Large Hydropower Projects in Asia and Africa.' The China Quarterly, 230. pp. 464-488.

Yankson, Paul, Asiedu, Alex, Owusu, Kwadwo, Urban, Frauke and Siciliano, Giuseppina (2017) 'The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam-Builders.' Development Policy Review, 36 (S1). 0476-0494.

Siciliano, Giuseppina and Urban, Frauke (2017) 'Equity-based Natural Resource Allocation for Infrastructure Development: Evidence From Large Hydropower Dams in Africa and Asia.' Ecological Economics, 134. pp. 130-139.

Siciliano, Giuseppina, Urban, Frauke, Tan-Mullins, May, Lonn, Pich Dara and Kim, Sour (2016) 'The Political Ecology of Chinese Large Dams in Cambodia: Implications, Challenges and Lessons Learnt from the Kamchay Dam.' Water, 8 (45). pp. 1-18.

Zhou, Yuan, Li, Xin, Lema, Rasmus and Urban, Frauke (2016) 'Comparing the knowledge bases of wind turbine firms in Asia and Europe: patent trajectories, networks, and globalisation.' Science and Public Policy, 43 (1). pp. 476-491.

Urban, Frauke, Geall, Sam and Wang, Yu (2016) 'Solar PV and solar water heaters in China: Different pathways to low carbon energy.' Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 64 (2016). pp. 531-542.

Siciliano, Giuseppina, Urban, Frauke, Sour, Kim and Pich, Dara Lonn (2015) 'Hydropower, social priorities and the rural–urban development divide: The case of large dams in Cambodia.' Energy Policy, 86. pp. 273-285.

Urban, Frauke, Zhou, Yuan, Nordensvard, Johan and Narain, Ankita (2015) 'Firm-level technology transfer and technology cooperation for wind energy between Europe, China and India: From North–South to South–North cooperation?' Energy for Sustainable Development, 28 (10). pp. 29-40.

Urban, Frauke, Nordensvard, Johan, Siciliano, Giuseppina and Li, Binqin (2015) 'Chinese Overseas Hydropower Dams and Social Sustainability: The Bui Dam in Ghana and the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia.' Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2 (3). pp. 573-589.

Urban, Frauke (2015) 'Editorial - Environmental Innovation for Sustainable Development: The Role of China.' Sustainable Development, 23 (7-8). pp. 203-205.

Nordensvard, Johan, Urban, Frauke and Mang, Grace (2015) 'Social Innovation and Chinese Overseas Hydropower Dams: The Nexus of National Social Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility.' Sustainable Development, 23 (7-8). pp. 245-256.

Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina, Sour, Kim, Lonn, Pich Dara, Tan-Mullins, May and Mang, Grace (2015) 'South–South Technology Transfer of Low-Carbon Innovation: Large Chinese Hydropower Dams in Cambodia.' Sustainable Development, 23 (7-8). pp. 232-244.

Nordensvard, Johan and Urban, Frauke (2015) 'The stuttering energy transition in Germany: Wind energy policy and feed-in tariff lock-in.' Energy Policy, 82. pp. 156-165.

Urban, Frauke (2014) 'Small-scale solar is a big player in China’s clean energy mix.' China Dialogue, 2014.

Urban, Frauke (2014) 'China goes global.' International Innovation Environment Report,, 159. pp. 83-85.

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan (2014) 'China Dams the World: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Chinese Dams.' E-International Relations.

Urban, Frauke, Mohan, Giles and Cook, Sarah (2013) 'China as a new shaper of international development: The environmental implications.' Environment, Development and Sustainability, 15 (2). pp. 257-263.

Berger, Axel, Fischer, Doris, Lema, Rasmus, Schmitz, Hubert and Urban, Frauke (2013) 'China–Europe Relations in the Mitigation of Climate Change: A Conceptual Framework.' Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 42 (1). pp. 71-98.

Urban, Frauke, Nordensvard, Johan, Khatri, Deepika and Wang, Yu (2013) 'An analysis of China's investments in the hydropower sector in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region.' Environment, Development and Sustainability, 15 (2). pp. 301-324.

Urban, Frauke, Nordensvard, Johan and Zhou, Yuan (2012) 'Key actors and their motives for wind energy innovation in China.' Innovation and Development, 2 (1). pp. 111-130.

Urban, Frauke, Mitchell, Tom and Silva Villanueva, P. (2011) 'Issues at the interface of disaster risk management and low-carbon development.' Climate and Development, 33 (3). pp. 259-279.

Urban, Frauke and Lind, Jeremy (2011) 'Low carbon energy and conflict: A new agenda.' Boiling Point (59). pp. 26-27.

Urban, Frauke (2010) 'Climate change mitigation revisited: Low-carbon energy transitions for China and India [in Chinese].' Urban Insight = 城市观察, 5 (2). pp. 36-53.

Mulugetta, Yacob and Urban, Frauke (2010) 'Deliberating on low carbon development.' Energy Policy, 38 (12). pp. 7546-7549.

Urban, Frauke (2010) 'The MDGs and beyond: Can low carbon development be pro-poor?' IDS Bulletin, 41 (1). pp. 92-99.

Urban, Frauke (2010) 'Pro-poor low carbon development and the role of growth.' International Journal of Green Economics, 4 (1). pp. 82-93.

Urban, Frauke, Benders, R.M.J. and Moll, H.C. (2009) 'Energy for rural India.' Applied Energy, 86. pp. 47-57.

Urban, Frauke (2009) 'Climate change mitigation revisited: Low-carbon energy transitions for China and India.' Development Policy Review, 27 (6). pp. 693-715.

Urban, Frauke, Benders, R.M.J. and Moll, H.C. (2009) 'Renewable and low-carbon energy as mitigation options of climate change for China.' Climatic Change, 94 (1-2). pp. 169-188.

Van Ruijven, B., Urban, Frauke, Benders, R.M.J., Moll, H.C., Van der Sluijs, J, De Vries, B and Van Vuuren, D.P. (2008) 'Modeling Energy and Development: an Evaluation of Models and Concepts.' World Development, 36 (12). pp. 2801-2821.

Urban, Frauke, Benders, R.M.J. and Moll, H.C. (2007) 'Modelling energy systems for developing countries.' Energy Policy, 35 (6). pp. 3473-3482.

Monographs and Working Papers

Tyfield, David, Ely, Adrian, Urban, Frauke, Geall, Sam, Zuev, Dennis and Urry, John (2015) Low-Carbon Innovation in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices - Innovation. STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability).

Urban, Frauke and Geall, Sam (2015) Pathways Towards Renewable Energy in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices - Solar.

Urban, Frauke (2015) Chinese dams go global: opportunities for more sustainable hydropower. London: Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP).

Lema, Rasmus, Nordensvard, Johan, Urban, Frauke and Lutkenhorst, Wilfried (2014) Innovation Paths in Wind Power: Insights from Denmark and Germany. Bonn: GDI/DIE. Discussion Paper, no.17 2014.

Naess, Lars Otto, Hagemann, M, Harvey, Blane and Urban, Frauke (2014) Improving Co-benefits and 'Triple Win' Impacts from Climate Action: The role of guidance tools. Brighton: IDS. CDI Practice Paper 7.

Lockwood, Matthew and Urban, Frauke (2012) Drivers for low carbon development: Case studies from China, Ghana and Ethiopia. Brighton: IDS / DFID. Briefing Note.

Urban, Frauke and Nordensvard, Johan (2011) The Ambiguous Role of Corporations in Climate Change Mitigation: An Explorative Appraisal of Corporations in China, Malaysia and the US. Brighton: IDS Working Paper no.373.

Urban, Frauke (2011) Achieving Low Carbon Development in Ethiopia, Ghana and China – the Role of Governments, Business and Civil Society. Brighton: IDS Paper for the Learning Hub on Adaptation and Low Carbon Development.

Urban, Frauke, Nordensvard, Johan, Wang, Yu, Khatri, Deepika and Mohan, Giles (2011) China and the African oil sector: channels of engagement, motives, actors and impacts. IDS Working Paper, vol. 2011 (374).

Urban, Frauke and Mitchell, Tom (2011) Climate change, disasters and the energy sector: Issues at the interface of changing disaster risks, adaptation and mitigation. Strengthening Climate Resilience Discussion Paper, IDS.

Urban, Frauke (2011) Technology, Trade and Climate Policy: The Pursuit of Low Carbon Development in Least Developed Countries, Vulnerable Economies and Small Island Developing States. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Urban, Frauke, Mohan, Giles and Zhang, Yanbing (2011) The understanding and practice of development in China and the European Union. Brighton: IDS Working Paper no. 372.

Urban, Frauke, Mitchell, Tom and Silva Villanueva, P. (2010) Greening Disaster Risk Management: Issues at the Interface of Disaster Risk Management and Low Carbon Development. Strengthening Climate Resilience Discussion Paper 3, IDS.

Urban, Frauke (2009) Enabling environments for low carbon economies: implications for least developed countries. London: CAFOD.

Urban, Frauke (2009) Learning for climate change mitigation finance from development assistance. London: Climate Strategies.

Book Reviews

Urban, Frauke (2014) 'Review of: "Large Dams in Asia: Contested Environments Between Technological Hydroscapes and Social Resistance".' Mountain Research and Development, 34 (3). pp. 307-308.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina, Wallbott, Linda, Lederer, Markus and Anh, Nguyen Dang (2018) It's not easy going green: Can Vietnam achieve its vision of a ‘green transformation’? Asia and the Pacific Policy Society Policy Forum [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Theses

Urban, Frauke (2009) Sustainable energy for developing countries – Modelling transitions to renewable and clean energy in rapidly developing countries. PhD thesis. University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Other

Urban, Frauke and Mohan, Giles (2010) 'China’s Rise – Implications for Low Income Countries.' IDS In Focus Policy Briefing (8.4).

Urban, Frauke and Sumner, A. (2009) 'After 2015: Pro-poor low carbon development.' IDS In Focus Policy Briefing (9.4).

Urban, Frauke and Wang, Yu (2009) 'Energy, climate change and low carbon development in China.' IDS In Focus Policy Briefing (8.2).