Energy and society: a critical perspective

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Bridge, Gavin

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge 2018 LondonDescription: xiv, 291 p. Includes illustrations and indexISBN:

9780415740746

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DDC classification:

333.79 B7E6

Summary: Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development, consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate the social significance of energy systems in the global North and South. The book features case studies, examples, discussion questions, activities, recommended reading and more, to facilitate its use in teaching. Energy and Society deploy contemporary geographical concepts and approaches but is not narrowly disciplinary. Its critical perspective highlights connections between energy and significant socio-economic and political processes, such as globalisation, urbanisation, international development and social justice, and connects important issues that are often treated in isolation, such as resource availability, energy security, energy access and low-carbon transition. Co-authored by leading researchers and based on current research and thinking in the social sciences, Energy and Society present a distinctive geographical approach to contemporary energy issues. It is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduates and Master’s students in geography, environmental studies, urban studies, energy studies and related fields. https://www.routledge.com/Energy-and-Society-A-Critical-Perspective/Bridge-Barr-Bouzarovski-Bradshaw-Brown-Bulkeley-Walker/p/book/9780415740746

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Table of Content

List of figures
List of tables
List of definitions
Acknowledgements
Introduction: a critical perspective on energy-society relations
PART 1 ENERGY, SPACES AND FLOWS
Chapter 1 Resource landscapes
Chapter 2 Economic landscapes
Chapter 3 Infrastructural landscapes
Chapter 4 Geopolitical landscapes
PART 2 SECURITIES, VULNERABILITIES AND JUSTICE
Chapter 5 Energy poverty and vulnerability
Chapter 6 Energy consumption, inefficiency and excess
Chapter 7 Energy controversies and conflicts
Chapter 8 Energy securities
PART 3 TRANSITIONS, GOVERNANCE AND FUTURES
Chapter 9 Past transitions
Chapter 10 Future transitions
Index

Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development, consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate the social significance of energy systems in the global North and South. The book features case studies, examples, discussion questions, activities, recommended reading and more, to facilitate its use in teaching. Energy and Society deploy contemporary geographical concepts and approaches but is not narrowly disciplinary. Its critical perspective highlights connections between energy and significant socio-economic and political processes, such as globalisation, urbanisation, international development and social justice, and connects important issues that are often treated in isolation, such as resource availability, energy security, energy access and low-carbon transition.
Co-authored by leading researchers and based on current research and thinking in the social sciences, Energy and Society present a distinctive geographical approach to contemporary energy issues. It is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduates and Master’s students in geography, environmental studies, urban studies, energy studies and related fields.

https://www.routledge.com/Energy-and-Society-A-Critical-Perspective/Bridge-Barr-Bouzarovski-Bradshaw-Brown-Bulkeley-Walker/p/book/9780415740746

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