"Because you got to have heat": The networked assemblage of energy poverty in eastern North Carolina

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 949-961

  Harrison, Conor ^a   Popke, Jeff ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy poverty; Infrastructure; Networks; North carolina; Weatherization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURE; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958700289     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.569659     Document Type: Article

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