Energy Colonialism and the Role of the Global in Local Responses to New Energy Infrastructures in the UK: A Critical and Exploratory Empirical Analysis

Antipode

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-22

  Batel, Susana ^a   Devine Wright, Patrick ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon and energy colonialism; distributive justice; environmental global justice; high voltage power lines; low carbon energy technologies; NIMBY

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; POWER LINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84980369127     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12261     Document Type: Article

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