The new politics of environmental degradation: Un/expected landscapes of disempowerment and vulnerability

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 237-257

  Willow, Anna J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Environmental degradation; Environmental justice; Fossil fuels; Hydraulic fracking; Landscape; North America; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LANDSCAPE; SHALE; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904686575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10730451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v21i1.21135     Document Type: Article

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