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Route repetition and activity spaces: spatial networks, routes, stops and routines 路线重复和活动空间：空间网络、路线、站点和惯例

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103957

Ying Lu , Lihong Zhang , Rebecca Wickes , Chloe Keel , Danielle Reynald , Christopher Browning , Jonathan Corcoran

{"title":"Route repetition and activity spaces: spatial networks, routes, stops and routines","authors":"Ying Lu , Lihong Zhang , Rebecca Wickes , Chloe Keel , Danielle Reynald , Christopher Browning , Jonathan Corcoran","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103957","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103957","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Activity spaces are a longstanding geographic concept used to describe the mobility patterns of an individual. The proliferation of disaggregate space-time data now enables a sophisticated network-orientated approach to measuring and visualising these spaces. The current study leverages individual Global Positioning System trajectories from 365 participants over a seven-day period to introduce ‘route repetition’, a novel network-based metric quantifying habitual path selection within street networks. Using piecewise structural equation modelling with spatial controls, we demonstrate two key findings: higher route repetition is linked to lower crime rates in neighbourhoods (β = −0.24, p < 0.01); higher route repetition is also associated with longer movement duration (i.e., people who repeat routes more tend to spend more time traveling for a trip) (β = 0.24, p < 0.01). The network-centric conceptualisation of activity spaces advances beyond traditional elliptical and kernel density approaches by capturing the topological constraints of urban infrastructure. Our route repetition measure offers methodological innovation allied with substantive insight into routine spatial behaviour, providing a nuanced framework for analysing neighbourhood mobility patterns and their complex relationships with urban environmental factors such as crime exposure, land use diversity, socio-demographic composition and street network configuration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103957"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Depopulation and healthcare service decline: Spatial evidence of a vicious cycle in South Korea 人口减少和医疗服务下降：韩国恶性循环的空间证据

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103951

Jongpyo Lee , Heeyeun Yoon

{"title":"Depopulation and healthcare service decline: Spatial evidence of a vicious cycle in South Korea","authors":"Jongpyo Lee , Heeyeun Yoon","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103951","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103951","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Depopulation has become a pressing structural issue in many countries, with South Korea experiencing one of the most rapid national decreases in recent years. Depopulation and medical service provision are closely interconnected; however, existing studies have predominantly examined their relationship in a unidirectional manner, overlooking the dynamic interplay between the two. Using spatial analysis, Granger causality tests, and spatial panel modeling, this study demonstrates the spatiotemporal relationship between population decline and healthcare contraction. Our analysis reveals that regions experiencing population loss tend to have fewer medical institutions, indicating significant spatial dependence. We also find that primary medical services play a key role in preventing population decline, advanced medical services, meanwhile, tend to follow rather than prevent population trends, deepening disparities in underserved regions. These sequential relationships suggest the potential for a self-reinforcing cycle of regional decline. Our findings highlight the urgent need for integrated policies that sustain essential healthcare in underserved regions. Such strategies should combine short-term interventions with long-term planning to mitigate the adverse effects of depopulation on healthcare infrastructure and local resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103951"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Socio-spatial impacts of wind energy in Brazil's Northeast: Land grabbing, green grabbing, and the role of leasing contracts and legal gaps 巴西东北部风能的社会空间影响：土地掠夺、绿色掠夺、租赁合同和法律空白的作用

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103949

Mariana Traldi

{"title":"Socio-spatial impacts of wind energy in Brazil's Northeast: Land grabbing, green grabbing, and the role of leasing contracts and legal gaps","authors":"Mariana Traldi","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103949","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103949","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines how the expansion of wind energy in Brazil reshapes land relations and reproduces socio-territorial inequalities, offering new insights into debates on land grabbing, energy transitions, and political ecology. It focuses on lease contracts as central mechanisms of “green grabbing,” through which companies secure long-term control over land and airspace without ownership. The analysis also highlights the crucial role of state-backed financing in de-risking private investments and enabling the expansion of wind projects. The findings show that rural communities in Brazil's semi-arid Northeast are only marginally integrated into the global renewable energy chain. While maintaining formal landownership, they lose decision-making power and capture only a small fraction of revenues. Much of the generated energy and associated profits are appropriated by foreign corporations and channeled to pension and investment funds abroad. These dynamics fuel conflicts and have given rise to resistance movements that challenge the unequal distribution of benefits and harms. Looking ahead, the push for large-scale green hydrogen production is likely to intensify these dynamics. Although still in its early stages, this emerging sector is concentrated in the Northeast, where additional wind farms will be required to supply hydrogen largely destined for export. Such developments risk amplifying land pressures, deepening territorial asymmetries, and reinforcing Brazil's dependent role within global energy transitions. The study demonstrates how a low-carbon transition, when driven by external interests, can exacerbate inequality and dispossession rather than delivering social and environmental justice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103949"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nonlinear-relationship between urban environment and commuting distance considering social and job disparities 考虑社会和工作差异的城市环境与通勤距离的非线性关系

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103967

Xingang Zhou , Zhouye Zhao , Weiye Xiao

{"title":"Nonlinear-relationship between urban environment and commuting distance considering social and job disparities","authors":"Xingang Zhou , Zhouye Zhao , Weiye Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103967","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Optimizing the built environment to enhance commuting efficiency is promising to alleviate traffic pressure in large cities. However, commuting behavior arises from complex interactions among social and environmental factors, leading to non-linear relationships between commuting distance and its determinants. Using cellphone location-based service data from Shanghai, this study examines the determinants of commuting distance at trip level and the spatial patterns of long-distance commuting at cell level, with particular attention to social disparities. The random forest model combined with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis are employed to uncover these non-linear effects and interactions. Results show that housing price is the dominating determinant of commuting distance. SHAP analysis further reveals that the interplay between socioeconomic status and urban environment factors drives the observed non-linear impacts on commuting distance. High-skill and high-income people tend to have short commuting trips when they live in central areas or work in outer urban area. Analysis of long-distance commuting patterns indicates that urban structure factors, such as distance to urban center and housing price, exert stronger influence than built environment characteristics. Overall, the findings provide a nuanced understanding of the complex mechanisms underlying commuting behavior and can provide practical implications to sustainable spatial planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103967"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Intensive population exposure in urban waterlogging-prone areas: From the perspective of spatial continuum of the urban environmental system 城市内涝易发区人口密集暴露：基于城市环境系统空间连续体的视角

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103953

Tian Hu , Jiansheng Wu , Yingxiang Sun

{"title":"Intensive population exposure in urban waterlogging-prone areas: From the perspective of spatial continuum of the urban environmental system","authors":"Tian Hu , Jiansheng Wu , Yingxiang Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103953","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103953","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban waterlogging is increasingly recognized as a systemic risk rooted in the degradation of urban environmental systems. While existing research has predominantly focused on inundation probability and depth, the systemic vulnerability and spatial patterns underlying waterlogging dynamics remain poorly understood. Taking Shenzhen as a case, this research develops a three-tiered spatial framework that links historical inundation spots to slow-changing biophysical processes. The waterlogging-prone areas and spatial continuums are further delineated to explore the spatial-demographic exposure patterns. Results show that portions of the urban environmental system are undergoing unsustainable processes, evidenced by significant decline in key biophysical variables. These variables exhibit threshold-governed behavior, declining sharply within approximately 1.4 km radius of inundation points before stabilizing asymptotically farther away. Within the delineated waterlogging-prone areas, 67 high-risk spatial continuums were mapped. Although these continuums contain 20-21 % of the total population, they experienced a disproportionate 65.9 % surge in population density between 2006 and 2016. The findings indicate that the urban environmental system has entered a vulnerable, waterlogging-prone state in certain regions. Given the spatial overlap of high-risk waterlogging with dense population clusters, targeted adaptation strategies and regulatory interventions are urgently needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103953"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multidimensional relatedness and regional job diversification in China: Evidence from industry-occupation combinations 多维关联与中国区域工作多样化：来自产业-职业组合的证据

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103966

Jinbo Yan , Rongjun Ao , Jing Chen

{"title":"Multidimensional relatedness and regional job diversification in China: Evidence from industry-occupation combinations","authors":"Jinbo Yan , Rongjun Ao , Jing Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103966","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103966","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Few existing studies have focused on the impact of multidimensional relatedness and its potential complementarity on regional job diversification, especially the regional heterogeneity of these impacts. Based on the population censuses and sampling surveys as well as the enterprise registration data of 264 Chinese cities from 2000 to 2015, this study constructs industrial, occupational, and job relatedness networks, and explores the spatiotemporal dynamics and mechanisms of jobs entry in Chinese cities from the perspective of multidimensional relatedness. The empirical results show that regions are more likely to diversify new jobs that are closely related to the existing job structure as well as to industrial and occupational structures. Industry relatedness and occupation relatedness are complementary channels for jobs entry, and this complementary effect is more important for the entry of complex jobs. The impact of multidimensional relatedness on jobs entry varies significantly by labor market size. Job relatedness has the strongest effect in small cities, whereas industry and occupation relatedness as well as their complementarity are stronger in large cities. For high-complexity jobs entry, occupation relatedness outweighs industry relatedness in large and medium cities, while small cities contrast this and rely heavily on the complementary effect of these two types of relatedness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103966"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Unraveling road-induced ecological disturbances through a cross-scale framework: Evidence from Wuhan, China 通过跨尺度框架揭示道路引起的生态干扰：来自中国武汉的证据

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103971

Jiayi Luo , Jinhai Li , Xuesong Kong , Feifei Lin

{"title":"Unraveling road-induced ecological disturbances through a cross-scale framework: Evidence from Wuhan, China","authors":"Jiayi Luo , Jinhai Li , Xuesong Kong , Feifei Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103971","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103971","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although the expansion of urban road infrastructure is a key driver of economic growth, it imposes severe ecological disturbances, such as landscape fragmentation, impediments to species migration, and habitat degradation. Balancing road network development with ecological network conservation under urban socioeconomic demands poses a key challenge for sustainable urbanization. This study develops a cross-scale evaluation framework to assess road-network-induced ecological disturbances at both regional and local levels. Using Wuhan in China as a case study, we analyze the spatiotemporal dynamics between road network and ecological network from 2014 to 2022 through three dimensions: road network expansion patterns, ecological network stability assessment, and cross-scale association. At the regional scale, road network expansion reduced ecological network closure degree by 12.36%, connectivity degree by 8.71%, and connectivity rate by 8.42%, thereby undermining overall ecosystem stability. Ecological disturbance intensified notably, characterized by a 60% increase in overall intensity and a 65.38% expansion in the spatial extent of high-disturbance areas. Our analysis reveals that localized road stress systematically undermines regional-scale ecological connectivity. Based on these findings, we propose a multi-tiered ecological optimization path to support ecological conservation planning in Wuhan. This study advances the understanding of road-ecological network interactions and offers policy-relevant insights for sustainable spatial planning in rapidly urbanizing regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103971"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Walkability and urban foraging: Spatial modeling of wild food access in Detroit, Michigan 步行和城市觅食：密歇根州底特律野生食物获取的空间模型

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103955

Greg Rybarczyk , Richard R. Shaker , Melissa Starking

{"title":"Walkability and urban foraging: Spatial modeling of wild food access in Detroit, Michigan","authors":"Greg Rybarczyk , Richard R. Shaker , Melissa Starking","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103955","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103955","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban food insecurity affects millions globally, with alternative food systems becoming increasingly important as traditional retail access declines in post-industrial cities. This study examined relationships between neighborhood walkability and urban foraging patterns in Detroit, Michigan, to understand how transportation infrastructure influences access to wild food resources. We developed an Urban Foraging Activity index from citizen science data across Census Block Groups and employed exploratory spatial data analysis and conditional autoregressive modeling to assess relationships between foraging patterns and transportation, demographic, and built environment variables while controlling for spatial dependencies. Conditional autoregressive models explained up to 69% of variation in foraging patterns, with walkability infrastructure emerging as the strongest consistent predictor across all spatial models. We identified a bimodal socioeconomic distribution where both high-wage workers and zero-car households showed strong positive associations with foraging activity, while neighborhood density variables demonstrated negative relationships. Significant spatial clustering indicated that foraging opportunities concentrate geographically in neighborhoods with specific context and composition characteristics rather than being randomly distributed. These findings demonstrate that walkability improvements represent an underrecognized strategy for simultaneously addressing transportation equity and food system resilience, providing quantitative evidence that pedestrianoriented infrastructure investments can enhance access to healthy food resources incities confronting persistent food security challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103955"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Urban green space and crime across land use types and socio-racial contexts: Evidence from Washington, D.C. 城市绿地和犯罪在土地使用类型和社会种族背景下：来自华盛顿特区的证据

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103972

Zengli Wang , Xin Wang , Jingjing Li , Zhonghao Zhang , Lumeng Liu

{"title":"Urban green space and crime across land use types and socio-racial contexts: Evidence from Washington, D.C.","authors":"Zengli Wang , Xin Wang , Jingjing Li , Zhonghao Zhang , Lumeng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103972","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103972","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban green space is widely considered to contribute to crime prevention, yet empirical results remain mixed and context-dependent. To unravel these complexities, this study classified urban green space as canopy and non-canopy vegetation and evaluated their effects on violent and property crime rates across diverse land use patterns and socio-racial contexts in 555 census block groups in Washington, D.C. Using spatially informed negative binomial regression models, we found that tree canopy was generally associated with lower violent and property crime rates, while non-canopy vegetation was only associated with reduced property crime. Critically, these associations varied across land use contexts: canopy cover was associated with higher violent crime in commercial and recreational areas but lower levels in residential and mixed areas; non-canopy vegetation was linked to reduced property crime in religious and institutional areas, yet correlated with increased violent crime in mixed-use areas. Triple-interaction models further revealed that in commercial-recreational areas with higher proportions of African American residents, canopy cover was associated with elevated violent crime rates, highlighting the compounded effects of social and environmental conditions. Overall, these findings underscore the importance of context-specific greening strategies. Urban greening initiatives should prioritize canopy expansion in residential and mixed areas, promote non-canopy vegetation in institutional and religious areas, and favor open and permeable vegetation forms in commercial and recreational spaces to maintain visibility. In socially vulnerable communities, however, greening interventions should integrate safety-oriented design, community participation, and visibility enhancement to ensure equitable and sustainable outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103972"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Regional energy security: Case study of path dependence and adoption readiness in the Southeastern United States 区域能源安全：美国东南部路径依赖和采用准备的案例研究

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103948

Marilyn A. Brown , Niraj K. Palsule , Peter E. Thornton , David L. McCollum

{"title":"Regional energy security: Case study of path dependence and adoption readiness in the Southeastern United States","authors":"Marilyn A. Brown , Niraj K. Palsule , Peter E. Thornton , David L. McCollum","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103948","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103948","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Regions of the United States (U.S.) are challenged by an array of energy security risks. Complementary constructs of path dependence and adoption readiness, combined with rich data analytics are deployed to investigate four energy conundrums emerging from a participatory planning initiative in the U.S. Southeast (SE). The theory of path dependence explains (1) how low electricity rates and high reserve margins have made the SE an attractive target for industrial and data center investments that now stresses energy accessibility and (2) how high energy burdens have resulted from long-lived inefficient housing built when regional energy prices were low and poverty was high, creating high and often unaffordable energy bills. The concept of adoption readiness explains (3) how the region's relatively weak energy security policies have resulted in low levels of adoption of clean-tech products and (4) how its limited experience with unconventional market mechanisms has contributed to its low level of adoption of forest carbon offsets. We offer policy recommendations that could strengthen energy security in the SE by reducing historic path dependencies and fostering adoption readiness. Recommended policies include strengthening the SE electricity market, creating clean portfolio standards and zero-emission vehicle mandates, and expanding carbon offset markets to include equity-qualified energy-efficient housing. The result is arguably the first participatory, data-driven, model-informed energy security analysis of a multi-state U.S. region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"190 ","pages":"Article 103948"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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