Spatial justice and the land politics of renewables: Dispossessing vulnerable communities through solar energy mega-projects

Geoforum

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-99

  Yenneti, Komali ^a   Day, Rosie ^b   Golubchikov, Oleg ^c,d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Enclosure of commons; Energy justice; Energy transition; India, Charanka solar park; Land acquisition; Mega solar projects

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; LAND USE CHANGE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84987937715     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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