Forests as Fuel - Energy, Landscape, Climate, and Race in the U.S. South (Hardcover)

In the US South, wood-based bioenergy schemes are being promoted and implemented through a powerful vision merging social, environmental, and economic benefits for rural, forest-dependent communities. While this dominant narrative has led to heavy investment in experimental technologies and rural development, many complexities and complications have emerged during implementation. Forests as Fuel draws on extensive multi-sited ethnography to ground the story of wood-based bioenergy in the biophysical, economic, political, social, and cultural landscape of this region. This book contextualizes energy issues within the history and potential futures of the region's forested landscapes, highlighting the impacts of varying perceptions of climate change and complex racial dynamics. Eschewing simple answers, the authors illuminate the points of friction that occur as competing visions of bioenergy development confront each other to variously support, reshape, contest, or reject bioenergy development. Building on recent conceptual advances in studies of sociotechnical imaginaries, environmental history, and energy justice, the authors present a careful and nuanced analysis that can provide guidance for promoting meaningful participation of local community members in renewable energy policy and production while recognizing the complex interplay of factors affecting its implementation in local places.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2022
Authors:	Sarah Hitchner • John Schelhas • J. Peter Brosius
Foreword by:	James Marshall Shepherd
Dimensions:	227 x 161 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-1-79363-234-0
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Forests, rainforests Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-79363-234-0
Barcode:	9781793632340

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