Networked, fragmented, unequal: The emergent landscape of home energy advice provision in England

IF 5.4 2区地球科学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI:10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103682

Stefan Bouzarovski , Lilia Karpinska , Katherine Sugar , Sławomir Śmiech

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This paper aims to interrogate the institutional, spatial, and social underpinnings of domestic energy advice in England. Based on a custom-built database of 131 distinct energy advice providers, analysed via a range of statistical methods, we explore the geographic and organizational patterns of energy advice support—identifying who provides it, where it is offered, and the methods used for its delivery. We also investigate the types of advice available, as well as their distribution and quality compared to existing forms of support and broader trends of material deprivation. We find evidence of a highly networked ecosystem of actors, which is dominated by the third sector, is overwhelmingly urban, and is largely focused on a narrow set of provision mechanisms. We conclude that the current configuration is partly exacerbating, rather than alleviating, existing social inequalities. We identify a need for further policy and research on the topic, focusing on the national and sectoral integration of support mechanisms, and the strengthening of advice provision for areas and groups that require it the most.

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网络化、碎片化、不平等：英国家庭能源咨询服务的新兴景观

本文旨在探究英国国内能源咨询的制度、空间和社会基础。基于131个不同能源咨询提供商的定制数据库，通过一系列统计方法进行分析，我们探索了能源咨询支持的地理和组织模式——确定谁提供咨询，在哪里提供咨询，以及提供咨询的方法。我们还调查了现有建议的类型，以及它们的分布和质量，与现有形式的支持和更广泛的物质剥夺趋势相比。我们发现了一个高度网络化的生态系统的证据，这个生态系统由第三部门主导，绝大多数是城市的，并且主要集中在一套狭窄的供应机制上。我们的结论是，目前的结构在一定程度上加剧了而不是缓解了现有的社会不平等。我们确定有必要就这一主题开展进一步的政策和研究，重点是国家和部门支持机制的一体化，以及加强向最需要咨询的领域和群体提供咨询。

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Applied Geography GEOGRAPHY-

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8.00

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2.00%

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134

期刊介绍： Applied Geography is a journal devoted to the publication of research which utilizes geographic approaches (human, physical, nature-society and GIScience) to resolve human problems that have a spatial dimension. These problems may be related to the assessment, management and allocation of the world physical and/or human resources. The underlying rationale of the journal is that only through a clear understanding of the relevant societal, physical, and coupled natural-humans systems can we resolve such problems. Papers are invited on any theme involving the application of geographical theory and methodology in the resolution of human problems.