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This chapter explores conceptual and methodological approaches to the linkages between economic development, infrastructure and energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. It demonstrates a high correlation between energy consumption and GDP per capita, indicating the effect of economic growth on energy demand. This linkage materialises through infrastructure and equipment technologies, operational characteristics and actual utilisation. The energy infrastructure is also shaped by the distribution of population and the concentration of GDP. Power transmission and distribution grids, natural gas pipelines and other infrastructure are oriented to deliver energy products to these major markets. The chapter proposes a new methodological approach to energy planning and modelling that can be linked to infrastructure planning for the transportation, water, industry, communications and other sectors.
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Luna, N., Gomelsky, R. (2012). Development, Infrastructure and Energy: Exploring the Linkages in Latin America. In: Toth, F. (eds) Energy for Development. Environment & Policy, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4162-1_8
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