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Handbook on the Geographies of Energy
This extensive Handbook captures a range of expertise and perspectives on the changing geographies and landscapes of energy production, distribution, and use. Combining established and emerging scholarship from across disciplines, the expert contributions provide a broad overview of research frontiers for the changing geographies of energy worldwide. Interdisciplinary in nature and broad in scope, it serves to answer a range of questions and provide the reader with conceptual and methodological foundations.
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This extensive Handbook captures a range of expertise and perspectives on the changing geographies and landscapes of energy production, distribution, and use. Combining established and emerging scholarship from across disciplines, the expert contributions provide a broad overview of research frontiers for the changing geographies of energy worldwide. Interdisciplinary in nature and broad in scope, it serves to answer a range of questions and provide the reader with conceptual and methodological foundations.
The conversation spans the gamut from smart grids to alternative fuels, discussed in a range of settings from India to Nigeria and from Brazil to North America, highlighting the ways in which new energy technologies and consumer dynamics are changing the way people, places, and the physical world are interconnected through energy systems. In addition to a compendium of regional case studies, the Handbook identifies emerging conceptual and methodological frameworks that help us better understand energy and energy transitions.
Unique in scope and breadth, this Handbook’s dual purpose as a capsule for existing and emerging geographical perspectives on energy will be of immense value to students and scholars in the social sciences, environmental sciences, and humanities. Policymakers and planners will also benefit from the novel perspectives and the illuminating exploration of geographic information systems, community energy planning, and energy landscapes.
The conversation spans the gamut from smart grids to alternative fuels, discussed in a range of settings from India to Nigeria and from Brazil to North America, highlighting the ways in which new energy technologies and consumer dynamics are changing the way people, places, and the physical world are interconnected through energy systems. In addition to a compendium of regional case studies, the Handbook identifies emerging conceptual and methodological frameworks that help us better understand energy and energy transitions.
Unique in scope and breadth, this Handbook’s dual purpose as a capsule for existing and emerging geographical perspectives on energy will be of immense value to students and scholars in the social sciences, environmental sciences, and humanities. Policymakers and planners will also benefit from the novel perspectives and the illuminating exploration of geographic information systems, community energy planning, and energy landscapes.
Critical Acclaim
‘An intellectual cornucopia for geographers and indeed all others concerned about energy sustainability. Featuring an all-star roster of scholars and covering a mix of interdisciplinary topics spanning energy fuels, landscapes, justice, politics, and ecology, it belongs on the bookshelf of every energy analyst.’
– Benjamin K. Sovacool, University of Sussex, UK and Aarhus University, Denmark
– Benjamin K. Sovacool, University of Sussex, UK and Aarhus University, Denmark
Contributors
Contributors: J.E. Baka, R.E. Baxter, K. Bickerstaff, M.J. Blair, S. Bouzarovski, G. Bridge, K. Burchell, L. Cabral, K.E. Calvert, V. Castán Broto, D. Chatti, P.M. Connor, E.B. Davis, N. Dusyk, K. Ellegård, C. Enaux, K.-H. Erb, M. Finley-Brook, D. Fitzpatrick, P. Gerber, J.K. Graybill, H. Haberl, J.H. Haggerty, H. Haniotou, C. Harrison, A. Hesse, P. Huang, P. Johnstone, F. Krausmann, P. Le Billon, H. Leck, A. Livino, K. Lo, E.P. Louie, W.E. Mabee, S.M. McCauley, B. Mitchell, D. Mulvaney, M. Niedertscheider, J. Palm, P. Parker, M.J. Pasqualetti, S. Petrova, P. Picchi, E.J. Popke, N. Simcock, H.C.M. Smith, B.D. Solomon, J.D. Stephen, J.C. Stephens, R. Stock, S. Stremke, M.J. Taylor, H. Thomson, M.T. Tolmasquim, D. van der Horst, M.J. Watts, E. Webb, M.D. Woodworth, K.S. Zimmerer
Contents
Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction: energy and the geographical traditions
Barry D. Solomon and Kirby E. Calvert
PART 1 FUELS
2. Energy for the world’s kitchens: biomass for survival in the past, present, and future
Matthew J. Taylor
3. Bedrock of modernity: coal and its uses past and present
Max D. Woodworth
4. The politics of oil in the Anthropocene
Philippe Le Billon and Gavin Bridge
5. A horse that has left the barn: expanding geographies of natural gas
Julia H. Haggerty
6. Exploring nuclear geographies: from uranium mine to waste facility
Philip Johnstone
7. The changing geographies of biorefining
Kirby E. Calvert, Jamie D. Stephen, M. Jean Blair, Laura Cabral, Ryan E. Baxter and Warren E. Mabee
8. Alternative transportation fuels: pathways to new geographies
Ethan B. Davis and Kirby E. Calvert
PART II ENERGIES
9. Hydropower’s fluid geographies
Mary Finley-Brook
10. Geographical dimensions of wind power
Martin J. Pasqualetti and Barry D. Solomon
11. Geographies of solar power
Dustin Mulvaney
12. Geography of geothermal energy technologies
Edward P. Louie and Barry D. Solomon
13. Geography of marine renewable energy technologies
Peter M. Connor and Helen C.M. Smith
PART III ENERGY CONSUMPTION: SECTORS AND END USE
14. Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective
Jenny Palm and Kajsa Ellegård
15. Energy efficiency programs in China
Kevin Lo
16. Energy and transportation: the need for an energy transition
Christophe Enaux, Philippe Gerber and Helene Haniotou
17. Changing human geographies of the electricity grid: shifts of power and control in the renewable energy transition
Stephen M. McCauley and Jennie C. Stephens
PART IV CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE
18. Energy landscapes of less than two degrees global warming
Dan van der Horst
19. Europe’s energy geographies
Harriet Thomson and Stefan Bouzarovski
20. Nodes, networks and inefficiency: understanding Russia’s energy landscapes
Jessica K. Graybill
21. Changing geographies of energy in North America
Warren E. Mabee, Laura Cabral and Emma Webb
22. Brazil’s energy outlook
Mauricio T. Tolmasquim and Angela Livino
23. Energy disparities and (under)development in sub-Saharan Africa
Robert Stock
24. Oil worlds: life and death in Nigeria’s petro-state
Michael J. Watts
25. India’s energy geographies: a critical introduction
Deepti Chatti
26. Co-designing energy landscapes: application of participatory mapping and geographic information systems in the exploration of low carbon futures
Sven Stremke and Paolo Picchi
27. Urban energy transitions: spatial organization, political contestations and urban governance
Ping Huang and Vanesa Castán Broto
28. Global energy transitions: a long-term socioeconomic metabolism perspective
Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann and Maria Niedertscheider
PART V ENERGY AT THE NEXUS
29. Energy, water & food: towards a critical nexus approach
Hayley Leck, Daniel Fitzpatrick and Kevin Burchell
30. Energy poverty and vulnerability: a geographic perspective
Neil Simcock and Saska Petrova
31. Geographies of energy justice: concepts, challenges and an emerging agenda
Karen Bickerstaff
32. Governance at the intersection of health and energy
Arielle Hesse
PART VI LOOKING FORWARD: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN ENERGY GEOGRAPHIES
33. The Political and social ecologies of energy
Karl S. Zimmerer
34. Political-industrial ecologies of energy
Jennifer E. Baka
35. Critical energy geographies
Conor Harrison and E. Jeffrey Popke
36. Community energy: diverse, dynamic, political
Nichole Dusyk
37. Energy geography: adopting and adapting resource management perspectives
Bruce Mitchell and Paul Parker
Index
Preface
1. Introduction: energy and the geographical traditions
Barry D. Solomon and Kirby E. Calvert
PART 1 FUELS
2. Energy for the world’s kitchens: biomass for survival in the past, present, and future
Matthew J. Taylor
3. Bedrock of modernity: coal and its uses past and present
Max D. Woodworth
4. The politics of oil in the Anthropocene
Philippe Le Billon and Gavin Bridge
5. A horse that has left the barn: expanding geographies of natural gas
Julia H. Haggerty
6. Exploring nuclear geographies: from uranium mine to waste facility
Philip Johnstone
7. The changing geographies of biorefining
Kirby E. Calvert, Jamie D. Stephen, M. Jean Blair, Laura Cabral, Ryan E. Baxter and Warren E. Mabee
8. Alternative transportation fuels: pathways to new geographies
Ethan B. Davis and Kirby E. Calvert
PART II ENERGIES
9. Hydropower’s fluid geographies
Mary Finley-Brook
10. Geographical dimensions of wind power
Martin J. Pasqualetti and Barry D. Solomon
11. Geographies of solar power
Dustin Mulvaney
12. Geography of geothermal energy technologies
Edward P. Louie and Barry D. Solomon
13. Geography of marine renewable energy technologies
Peter M. Connor and Helen C.M. Smith
PART III ENERGY CONSUMPTION: SECTORS AND END USE
14. Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective
Jenny Palm and Kajsa Ellegård
15. Energy efficiency programs in China
Kevin Lo
16. Energy and transportation: the need for an energy transition
Christophe Enaux, Philippe Gerber and Helene Haniotou
17. Changing human geographies of the electricity grid: shifts of power and control in the renewable energy transition
Stephen M. McCauley and Jennie C. Stephens
PART IV CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE
18. Energy landscapes of less than two degrees global warming
Dan van der Horst
19. Europe’s energy geographies
Harriet Thomson and Stefan Bouzarovski
20. Nodes, networks and inefficiency: understanding Russia’s energy landscapes
Jessica K. Graybill
21. Changing geographies of energy in North America
Warren E. Mabee, Laura Cabral and Emma Webb
22. Brazil’s energy outlook
Mauricio T. Tolmasquim and Angela Livino
23. Energy disparities and (under)development in sub-Saharan Africa
Robert Stock
24. Oil worlds: life and death in Nigeria’s petro-state
Michael J. Watts
25. India’s energy geographies: a critical introduction
Deepti Chatti
26. Co-designing energy landscapes: application of participatory mapping and geographic information systems in the exploration of low carbon futures
Sven Stremke and Paolo Picchi
27. Urban energy transitions: spatial organization, political contestations and urban governance
Ping Huang and Vanesa Castán Broto
28. Global energy transitions: a long-term socioeconomic metabolism perspective
Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann and Maria Niedertscheider
PART V ENERGY AT THE NEXUS
29. Energy, water & food: towards a critical nexus approach
Hayley Leck, Daniel Fitzpatrick and Kevin Burchell
30. Energy poverty and vulnerability: a geographic perspective
Neil Simcock and Saska Petrova
31. Geographies of energy justice: concepts, challenges and an emerging agenda
Karen Bickerstaff
32. Governance at the intersection of health and energy
Arielle Hesse
PART VI LOOKING FORWARD: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN ENERGY GEOGRAPHIES
33. The Political and social ecologies of energy
Karl S. Zimmerer
34. Political-industrial ecologies of energy
Jennifer E. Baka
35. Critical energy geographies
Conor Harrison and E. Jeffrey Popke
36. Community energy: diverse, dynamic, political
Nichole Dusyk
37. Energy geography: adopting and adapting resource management perspectives
Bruce Mitchell and Paul Parker
Index
