Uneven energy transitions: Understanding continued energy peripheralization in rural communities

O'Sullivan, Kate, Golubchikov, Oleg ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7355-0447 and Mehmood, Abid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-6388 2020. Uneven energy transitions: Understanding continued energy peripheralization in rural communities. Energy Policy 138 , 111288. 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111288

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Abstract

This paper problematizes the uneven nature of low carbon energy transitions in the context of uneven geographical development and core/periphery asymmetries. It explores the impacts of transition for peripheral communities lacking political power and agglomerative advantages. While decentralised developments that emerge with energy transition promise to bring new opportunities to remote areas, factors of economic and political inequalities render those opportunities socially and spatially segregated. Exploring experiences of rural and exurban communities in South Wales, the paper establishes links between low carbon transition and its actually existing implications on the ground. It demonstrates that even if having an abundance of natural resource and physical space to harness low carbon energy, many rural communities are trapped in the chronic positions of energy peripheralization.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES)
ISSN:	0301-4215
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	28 January 2020
Date of Acceptance:	16 January 2020
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 23:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/129081

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