Conceptualising energy geographies in East Africa: A research agenda for exploring spatial dimensions of renewable energy transitions

IF 5.7 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI:10.1016/j.eist.2024.100936

Sylvère Hategekimana , Helene Ahlborg , Innocent Ndahiriwe

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This study contributes to the understanding of the spatiality of energy transitions in the East African Community (EAC) and to cross-regional conceptual learning. It is situated at the intersection of Sustainability Transitions and Energy Geography. Building on a conceptual framework developed by energy geographers, we conduct a conceptual review and examine the production of locations, landscapes, territories, and territoriality in the EAC. The study considers spatial differentiation and embedding across scales as preconditions for and outcomes of the shift to low-carbon energy systems. It examines how expanding energy infrastructure and related land-use changes transform livelihoods and daily spaces. The review provides a conceptual framework and language for a collective research agenda on EAC energy geographies, highlighting the complementarities and divergences between concepts in the two fields. The region's heterogeneity suggests multiple pathways and overlapping territories, which remain central to energy politics, a situation not yet as visible in high-income countries.

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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13.60

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19.40%

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56 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions serves as a platform for reporting studies on innovations and socio-economic transitions aimed at fostering an environmentally sustainable economy, thereby addressing structural resource scarcity and environmental challenges, particularly those associated with fossil energy use and climate change. The journal focuses on various forms of innovation, including technological, organizational, economic, institutional, and political, as well as economy-wide and sectoral changes in areas such as energy, transport, agriculture, and water management. It endeavors to tackle complex questions concerning social, economic, behavioral-psychological, and political barriers and opportunities, along with their intricate interactions. With a multidisciplinary approach and methodological openness, the journal welcomes contributions from a wide array of disciplines within the social, environmental, and innovation sciences.