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National climate scenarios: (un)building climate knowledge and inducing environmental ignorance in Mexico 国家气候情景:(un)在墨西哥建立气候知识和诱导环境无知
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70009
Teresa Guadalupe de León Escobedo, Francisco Estrada Porrúa
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The salt fringe as an energy periphery: Energy efficiency in the private rental sector of seaside towns in England and Wales 作为能源边缘的盐边缘:英格兰和威尔士海滨城镇私人租赁部门的能源效率
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70008
Ed Atkins, Caitlin Robinson, Tom Cantellow
{"title":"The salt fringe as an energy periphery: Energy efficiency in the private rental sector of seaside towns in England and Wales","authors":"Ed Atkins,&nbsp;Caitlin Robinson,&nbsp;Tom Cantellow","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Low-carbon energy futures increasingly focus on improving the energy efficiency of homes to reduce emissions and living conditions. Energy efficiency can represent a justice-led intervention supporting those most in need, living in the least efficient homes or with the least capacity to act, including many households relying on the private rental housing sector. This paper provides an empirically grounded intervention to argue for the necessity of future scholarship and interventions in United Kingdom energy and social policy to pay closer attention to seaside towns. We use the case of seaside towns to argue for broader geographical conceptualisations of energy peripheries, beyond rurality. Recently described as ‘the salt fringe’, seaside towns are important political and cultural sites: often symbolising processes of deprivation and communities being ‘left behind’. They also represent distinct geographies of energy poverty and inefficiency contingent on a range of socio-economic and historical factors, including property tenure. Through analysis of Energy Performance Certificate data for England and Wales, we highlight how seaside towns can be characterised as new energy peripheries, identifying statistically significant clusters of energy-inefficient private rentals. We reflect on the importance of understanding place-based context and stories—closing with a profile of the Fylde, a stretch of coastline in the north-west England. These findings advance scholarship on low-carbon transitions by illuminating important links between energy peripheries and energy efficiency; highlighting seaside towns as important peripheries; and detailing the complex factors defining such peripherality both today and in future energy transitions.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143897182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers 在气候和环境危机中,学术成功应该被重新定义吗?五位英国地理学家的对话
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70005
Lucy Clarke, Stephen Tooth, Heather Viles, Daniel Schillereff, Erin Harvey
{"title":"Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers","authors":"Lucy Clarke,&nbsp;Stephen Tooth,&nbsp;Heather Viles,&nbsp;Daniel Schillereff,&nbsp;Erin Harvey","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The academic geographical community is well acquainted with the reality of the current climate and environmental crisis. As such, geographers, higher education institutions and geographical organisations arguably should take a greater lead in responding to this crisis. This raises concerns about how such responses fit into academics' ‘core’ job activities, especially given concern about escalating workloads. What mix of activities could or should constitute academic success? This article is based on a dialogue between five UK-based academic geographers spanning different academic career stages. Drawing on our personal and professional experiences, both in the United Kingdom and overseas, we present an edited version of an online dialogue that addresses three questions: (1) How do we define academic success in the context of the climate and environmental crisis? (2) Given the routine and, in some cases, escalating demands of our jobs, do we feel that we have the capacity to address whatever the appropriate measures of success may be? (3) Do we feel that the measures of success are appropriately valued by our colleagues and by modern university management procedures? Our collective reflections on the key points extracted from the dialogue will likely have resonance beyond the United Kingdom (and university) context. These points include: adjusting and adapting how we portray academic success for different audiences; contemplating broader definitions of academic success; considering where public engagement sits within the portfolio of academic responsibilities; deciding how to respond to multiple pressures; choosing how to prioritise different academic demands; and asking whether work to tackle the climate and environmental crisis is adequately valued. We provide some practical suggestions for redefining academic success that require consideration by the academic geographical community. Wider discussion and implementation should contribute to enhancing job satisfaction and career progression for individual geographers and strengthen academic geography as a discipline.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India 挑战精英环保主义:来自巴西和印度的故事
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70007
Ritodhi Chakraborty, Aline Carrara
{"title":"Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India","authors":"Ritodhi Chakraborty,&nbsp;Aline Carrara","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Elite environmentalism is inspired by Malthusian overpopulation scenarios, advocating for authoritarian action through top-down conservation policies and celebrating ecomodernist climate adaptation/mitigation projects. In doing so, hegemonic mainstream environmentalism (HME) fails to address its colonial, authoritarian, saviorist foundations, which continue to motivate much of environmentalism. But there are also ongoing challenges to this by the work of Indigenous, feminist, anti-racist, anti-casteist, anti/de/post-colonial thinkers and doers. In this work, we build upon such provocations, and through ethnographic stories of non-elite communities, envision an alternative to HME. We propose a temporary analytical frame that advocates for non-elite visions of environmentalism—non-elite and more-than-colonial environmentalisms (NEMCEs). We witness the labour and aspirations of non-elite communities (Indigenous and peasant) from Mato Grosso, Brazil, and Uttarakhand, India, as they pursue lives of defiance and dignity. Their stories reveal the unresolved contradictions at the heart of the capitalist, colonial and scientific worldview. Exploring the contentious identity positions of caste, class, indigeneity and gender, we examine land-use change and ecological governance with the A'uwe Indigenous community in the agrarian heartland of the Brazilian cerrado and with lower-caste agrarian families navigating the powerful manifestations of Hindu nationalism and neoliberal territorial management in the Indian Himalayas. These stories help us present a response to HME. They challenge its insidious reproduction of certain elite aspirations and institutions while claiming to support planetary visions of ecological well-being. Additionally, these moments of non-elite agency provide moments of hope.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The political ecology of disasters: The impact of knowledge/power on the responses to urban coastal disasters in Pekalongan, Indonesia 灾害的政治生态:知识/权力对印尼贝加隆岸城市沿海灾害响应的影响
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70006
Erlis Saputra, Hilary Reinhart, Azis Musthofa, Abdur Rofi, Azidatul Khairatin Nu'mah, Adji Saiddinullah
{"title":"The political ecology of disasters: The impact of knowledge/power on the responses to urban coastal disasters in Pekalongan, Indonesia","authors":"Erlis Saputra,&nbsp;Hilary Reinhart,&nbsp;Azis Musthofa,&nbsp;Abdur Rofi,&nbsp;Azidatul Khairatin Nu'mah,&nbsp;Adji Saiddinullah","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The coastal region of North Java is increasingly vulnerable to climate change, as evidenced by worsening tidal flooding driven by accelerated land subsidence and rising sea levels. Various risk management strategies have been implemented, often incorporating local community participation. Drawing on political ecology and post-politics frameworks, this study examines how expert and authoritative knowledge shape these strategies through discursive processes. Using case study methods, we analyse the role of knowledge production in disaster management. The study's findings reveal a fundamental divide in knowledge systems: while government agencies and experts emphasise rational, technical and large-scale infrastructural solutions, local communities derive their understanding from lived experiences and the direct impacts on their livelihoods. Disaster management discourse remains dominated by Western-centric, technocratic paradigms, reinforcing decisions that prioritise infrastructure development and decentralised governance. However, these top-down interventions often produce unintended consequences for vulnerable communities. The discourse surrounding climate change is couched in terms of an urgent crisis, thus further legitimising large-scale interventions while sidelining community-driven adaptation strategies. In response, local communities assert their own expertise through daily adaptation practices and traditional knowledge. This study highlights the need for a more inclusive approach to disaster governance; one that integrates diverse knowledge systems and empowers local actors. We argue that scientific and institutional frameworks should evolve to support alternative perspectives and sustainable, localised responses to climate-related disasters.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Links between the ornamental sector and alien plants in Southern Africa 南部非洲观赏植物和外来植物之间的联系
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70003
Diana Rodríguez-Cala, Jana Fried, John R. U. Wilson, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Seoleseng O. Tshwenyane, Israel Legwaila
{"title":"Links between the ornamental sector and alien plants in Southern Africa","authors":"Diana Rodríguez-Cala,&nbsp;Jana Fried,&nbsp;John R. U. Wilson,&nbsp;Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz,&nbsp;Seoleseng O. Tshwenyane,&nbsp;Israel Legwaila","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Humans and ornamental plants have a long relationship that could explain why ornamental gardening has been one of the main reasons for intentionally introducing and spreading plants worldwide. In Southern Africa, a significant part of the alien flora was introduced for ornamental purposes. Some species have become invasive, with ecological and socio-economic impacts that can create conflicts between stakeholders, depending on their relationships with the species. This paper unpacks how the ornamental industry in Southern Africa operates as well as people's preferences for ornamental plants and practices to highlight links between the industry and plant invasions and to help address potential conflicts. Drawing on empirical data primarily collected in 2022/23 in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (and other Southern African countries), our results show that Southern Africa's ornamental industry is highly influenced by the global industry, especially South Africa. The sector provides ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ jobs to people in urban areas, especially middle-aged women from ethnic majorities. The sector's operation and gardening practices show expressions of the typical cultural hybridity of postcolonial states where hegemonic and subaltern practices coexist and mix. Alien plants and foreign styles often symbolise higher social status, but controversially, socially privileged groups are publicly leading shifts towards more geographically contextualised practices and native plants. We conclude by arguing that recognising the influences that historical processes have on the sector's operation and its links with alien plants is essential for a more ethically sound and fair stakeholder engagement in preventing and managing plant invasions from the ornamental industry in Southern Africa.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A mixed-methods approach for identifying high conservation value areas in the high-altitude landscapes of the Indian Himalayan region 在印度喜马拉雅地区高海拔景观中识别高保护价值区域的混合方法
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-03-23 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70002
Mehebub Sahana, Gopala Areendran, Akhil Sivadas, Md Masroor, C. S. Abhijita, Krishna Raj, Kumar Ranjan, Diwakar Sharma, Md Sajid Sultan, Abhishek Ghoshal, Siddharth Parameswaran, Haroon Sajjad, Samrat Deb, Kashif Imdad
{"title":"A mixed-methods approach for identifying high conservation value areas in the high-altitude landscapes of the Indian Himalayan region","authors":"Mehebub Sahana,&nbsp;Gopala Areendran,&nbsp;Akhil Sivadas,&nbsp;Md Masroor,&nbsp;C. S. Abhijita,&nbsp;Krishna Raj,&nbsp;Kumar Ranjan,&nbsp;Diwakar Sharma,&nbsp;Md Sajid Sultan,&nbsp;Abhishek Ghoshal,&nbsp;Siddharth Parameswaran,&nbsp;Haroon Sajjad,&nbsp;Samrat Deb,&nbsp;Kashif Imdad","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>High conservation values (HCVs) are a set of characteristics or attributes that are considered to be of exceptional significance for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Himalayan ecosystems are under constant threat due to the high dependence of local communities on natural resources, illegal wildlife trade, extensive use of medicinal plants and infrastructural development. This study provides a framework for HCVs assessment in the high-altitude landscapes of Himalayan ecosystems. Demarcation of HCVs was carried out using six sub-categories: Species Diversity (HCV 1), Landscape Level Ecosystems (HCV 2), Threatened Ecosystems and Habitats (HCV 3), Ecosystem Services (HCV 4), Community Needs (HCV 5) and Cultural Values/Identity (HCV 6). We have used a weighted multi-model approach to identify the HCVs in three high-altitude landscapes, namely Changthang, Gangotri-Govind and Darma-Byans-Chaudans of the Indian Himalayan region. Species distribution model (SDM), fragstat models (FM), landscape change model (LCM), ecosystem loss model (ELM), ecotone demarcation model (EDM), soil loss model, forest fire susceptibility model and groundwater potential zone model have been used for assessing HCV 1 to 4. Household survey and participatory GIS have been used for assessing HCV 5 and 6. The final high-priority high conservation values areas (HPHCVAs) were successfully demarcated based on expert opinions, stakeholder consultations and Indigenous People and local community (IPLC) engagements from the identified 1–6 HCV layers in the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. The study has identified 16 HPHCVAs in Changthang, 14 HPHCVAs in Gangotri-Govind and 9 HPHCVAs in the Darma-Byans-Chaudans landscape. These HPHCVAs represent areas within the landscapes that are critical for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, community needs and cultural values. The identification and demarcation of these areas can guide conservation efforts and prioritise resource allocation for their protection and sustainable management. Steps should be taken for the conservation of HPHCVAs by engaging local stakeholders for future planning and management of HCVs.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Curbing environmental problems related to deforestation and climate change: The level of secondary school students' knowledge, attitudes and determinants in Metekel Zone, Northwest Ethiopia 遏制与森林砍伐和气候变化有关的环境问题:埃塞俄比亚西北部 Metekel 区中学生的知识水平、态度和决定因素
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70004
Tamiru Toga Wahelo, Daniel Ayalew Mengistu, Tadesse Melesse Merawi
{"title":"Curbing environmental problems related to deforestation and climate change: The level of secondary school students' knowledge, attitudes and determinants in Metekel Zone, Northwest Ethiopia","authors":"Tamiru Toga Wahelo,&nbsp;Daniel Ayalew Mengistu,&nbsp;Tadesse Melesse Merawi","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Environmental problems, notably deforestation and climate change, pose significant threats to humanity and demand urgent intervention. In Ethiopia, where these challenges are pronounced, addressing these issues requires a solid foundation of knowledge and positive attitudes, especially among young people. This study examines secondary school students' level of environmental knowledge and attitudes and the determinants related to deforestation and climate change in the Metekel Zone, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional survey was used for the study, and a total of 372 secondary school students selected through a multistage sampling technique from seven government secondary schools in the Metekel Zone were participants. Data were collected via standardised tests, questionnaires interviews and focus group discussions, and analysed via descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and binary logistic regression. The findings revealed that the knowledge levels and attitudes of secondary school students towards environmental issues related to deforestation and climate change were low. The results from the regression model revealed significant correlations between students' knowledge and attitudes, except for personal interest in environmental matters. A notable correlation comprises age, gender, residence, the educational level of the students' parents, the family income level, and the social environment, access to information, the students' grade levels and the students' participation in school-based environmental clubs. The study also identifies key barriers to students' environmental knowledge and attitudes, including curriculum challenges, resource gaps, low awareness, emotional detachment and limited personal agency. To inspire pro-environmental behaviours among students, enhancing environmental education in various disciplines to address gender, age and grade level variations, along with proper content integration of deforestation and climate change issues, promoting problem-solving approaches, strengthening extracurricular activities such as environmental clubs, exposing students to media, fostering partnerships for place-based learning initiatives, organizing workshops, incorporating localised and experiential learning and providing teachers with specialised training and resources are acclaimed.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Clusters in context: Towards a typology of industrial decarbonisation initiatives 背景下的集群:朝向工业脱碳倡议的类型
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70000
Imogen Rattle, Peter G. Taylor
{"title":"Clusters in context: Towards a typology of industrial decarbonisation initiatives","authors":"Imogen Rattle,&nbsp;Peter G. Taylor","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Policy-makers and researchers are increasingly focused on the decarbonisation of clusters of energy-intensive industries. However, relatively little is known about the trajectory of different cluster decarbonisation initiatives. This paper aims to bring clarity to an emerging field. It highlights the evolving landscape of industrial decarbonisation initiatives, and the growing importance of clear definitions for effective communication and knowledge exchange among stakeholders. Drawing on insights from cluster theory, it proposes a typology of industrial cluster decarbonisation initiatives to understand and categorise different types of project. These four categories— ‘forerunner clusters’, ‘dispersed clusters’, ‘classic clusters’ and ‘dispersed sites’—allow a more focused understanding of the policy implications and challenges associated with each type. To demonstrate the application of the typology, the paper presents profiles of three cluster initiatives that illustrate some of the dynamics involved. Through this work, we seek to provide guidance for future research and policy development in the transition towards a low-carbon industrial future.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143581781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Warm spaces as commoning: Rethinking energy poverty beyond the private doctrine 温暖的空间是普遍的:超越私人主义重新思考能源贫困
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Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1002/geo2.70001
Helena Hastie, Leila Dawney, Catherine Butler
{"title":"Warm spaces as commoning: Rethinking energy poverty beyond the private doctrine","authors":"Helena Hastie,&nbsp;Leila Dawney,&nbsp;Catherine Butler","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper argues for policy solutions addressing energy poverty to look beyond the level of individual households. Drawing on commons thinking and recent turns in geographical literature to the idea of commoning as a post-capitalist response to the managing of needs and resources, this paper addresses keeping warm as a human need that can be met collectively. Through empirical research in ‘warm spaces’, which are community-led responses to the growing problem of energy poverty in the United Kingdom, the paper reframes typical understandings of energy poverty as an individual or household problem by demonstrating the value of more collective responses. Community warm spaces in Devon were visited over the winter of 2022–2023, and qualitative interviews and focus groups were conducted with both providers and users. Using this evidence, we demonstrate that community warm spaces can also combat loneliness and isolation, providing a cross-benefit to simply staying warm. Energy poverty and food insecurity are also closely linked, and these spaces tended to address multiple needs that were exacerbated by high costs of living, poor housing and low incomes. The key contribution of this paper is that energy poverty should be framed as a social rather than an individual challenge, bringing commons-based approaches into the discourse on tackling energy poverty.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143564941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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