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This edited collection critically engages with an important but
rarely-asked question: what is energy for? This starting point
foregrounds the diverse social processes implicated in the making
of energy demand and how these change over time to shape the past
patterns, present dynamics and future trajectories of energy use.
Through a series of innovative case studies, the book explores how
energy demand is embedded in shared practices and activities within
society, such as going to music festivals, cooking food, travelling
for business or leisure and working in hospitals. Demanding Energy
investigates the dynamics of energy demand in organisations and
everyday life, and demonstrates how an understanding of spatiality
and temporality is crucial for grasping the relationship between
energy demand and everyday practices. This collection will be of
interest to researchers and students in the fields of energy,
climate change, transport, sustainability and sociologies and
geographies of consumption and environment. Chapters 1 and 15 of
this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at
link.springer.com
The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice presents an
extensive and cutting-edge introduction to the diverse, rapidly
growing body of research on pressing issues of environmental
justice and injustice. With wide-ranging discussion of current
debates, controversies, and questions in the history, theory, and
methods of environmental justice research, contributed by over 90
leading social scientists, natural scientists, humanists, and
scholars from professional disciplines from six continents, it is
an essential resource both for newcomers to this research and for
experienced scholars and practitioners. The chapters of this volume
examine the roots of environmental justice activism, lay out and
assess key theories and approaches, and consider the many different
substantive issues that have been the subject of activism,
empirical research, and policy development throughout the world.
The Handbook features critical reviews of quantitative,
qualitative, and mixed methodological approaches and explicitly
addresses interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and engaged
research. Instead of adopting a narrow regional focus, it tackles
substantive issues and presents perspectives from political and
cultural systems across the world, as well as addressing activism
for environmental justice at the global scale. Its chapters do not
simply review the state of the art, but also propose new conceptual
frameworks and directions for research, policy, and practice.
Providing detailed but accessible overviews of the complex, varied
dimensions of environmental justice and injustice, the Handbook is
an essential guide and reference not only for researchers engaged
with environmental justice, but also for undergraduate and graduate
teaching and for policymakers and activists.
Rhythms animate our lives and the worlds we inhabit. Rhythms of
getting things done, of working technologies, of day and night and
the seasons, and of shared patterns of work, home-life and moving
around. Rhythms are also intrinsically about flows of energy -
heat, light, motion - from the smallest movements of muscles, to
the petrol-fuelled rhythms of the rush hour, the spinning of wind
turbines and shifting cycles of solar radiation. This book sets out
to energise Lefebvre's rhythmanalysis in order to develop a novel
and far reaching polyrhythmic conceptualisation of the beats and
pulses of our relations with energy in both its natural and
technological forms. Social theory, thermodynamic thinking and
diverse streams of energy-oriented research are brought together to
trace how the climate crisis has the rhythmic patterning of big
power energy systems at its core; and how transitioning to a just,
low carbon future means transforming energy systems and our
everyday dependencies on them into new rhythmic patterns and
interrelations.
Rhythms permeate our everyday lives: they animate our bodies, and
structure our experience of day and night and the seasons, time
patterns of work and leisure, and the temporal organisation of
mundane routine activities. Rhythms are also intrinsically about
flows of energy - heat, light, motion - that run through the world,
from the smallest movements of muscles, to the petrol fuelled
patterns of the rush hour, the spinning of wind turbines and
shifting cycles of solar radiation. Energy and Rhythm in Society
sets out to energise the rhythm in Lefebvre's 'Rhythmanalysis' in
order to develop a novel and far reaching polyrhythmic theorisation
and exemplification of our collective living with energy in its
many natural and technological forms and flows. Through so doing,
it also provides a distinctive understanding of the urgent
challenges and possibilities of transforming future energy systems
and energy uses into more just and lower carbon configurations.
This edited collection critically engages with an important but
rarely-asked question: what is energy for? This starting point
foregrounds the diverse social processes implicated in the making
of energy demand and how these change over time to shape the past
patterns, present dynamics and future trajectories of energy use.
Through a series of innovative case studies, the book explores how
energy demand is embedded in shared practices and activities within
society, such as going to music festivals, cooking food, travelling
for business or leisure and working in hospitals. Demanding Energy
investigates the dynamics of energy demand in organisations and
everyday life, and demonstrates how an understanding of spatiality
and temporality is crucial for grasping the relationship between
energy demand and everyday practices. This collection will be of
interest to researchers and students in the fields of energy,
climate change, transport, sustainability and sociologies and
geographies of consumption and environment. Chapters 1 and 15 of
this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at
link.springer.com
Environmental justice has increasingly become part of the
language of environmental activism, political debate, academic
research and policy making around the world. It raises questions
about how the environment impacts on different people s lives. Does
pollution follow the poor? Are some communities far more vulnerable
to the impacts of flooding or climate change than others? Are the
benefits of access to green space for all, or only for some? Do
powerful voices dominate environmental decisions to the exclusion
of others?
This book focuses on such questions and the complexities
involved in answering them. It explores the diversity of ways in
which environment and social difference are intertwined and how the
justice of their interrelationship matters. It has a distinctive
international perspective, tracing how the discourse of
environmental justice has moved around the world and across scales
to include global concerns, and examining research, activism and
policy development in the US, the UK, South Africa and other
countries. The widening scope and diversity of what has been
positioned within an environmental justice frame is also reflected
in chapters that focus on waste, air quality, flooding, urban
greenspace and climate change. In each case, the basis for evidence
of inequalities in impacts, vulnerabilities and responsibilities is
examined, asking questions about the knowledge that is produced,
the assumptions involved and the concepts of justice that are being
deployed in both academic and political contexts.
Environmental Justice offers a wide ranging analysis of this
rapidly evolving field, with compelling examples of the processes
involved in producing inequalities and the challenges faced in
advancing the interests of the disadvantaged. It provides a
critical framework for understanding environmental justice in
various spatial and political contexts, and will be of interest to
those studying Environmental Studies, Geography, Politics and
Sociology. "
Environmental justice has increasingly become part of the
language of environmental activism, political debate, academic
research and policy making around the world. It raises questions
about how the environment impacts on different people 's lives.
Does pollution follow the poor? Are some communities far more
vulnerable to the impacts of flooding or climate change than
others? Are the benefits of access to green space for all, or only
for some? Do powerful voices dominate environmental decisions to
the exclusion of others?
This book focuses on such questions and the complexities
involved in answering them. It explores the diversity of ways in
which environment and social difference are intertwined and how the
justice of their interrelationship matters. It has a distinctive
international perspective, tracing how the discourse of
environmental justice has moved around the world and across scales
to include global concerns, and examining research, activism and
policy development in the US, the UK, South Africa and other
countries. The widening scope and diversity of what has been
positioned within an environmental justice frame is also reflected
in chapters that focus on waste, air quality, flooding, urban
greenspace and climate change. In each case, the basis for evidence
of inequalities in impacts, vulnerabilities and responsibilities is
examined, asking questions about the knowledge that is produced,
the assumptions involved and the concepts of justice that are being
deployed in both academic and political contexts.
Environmental Justice offers a wide ranging analysis of this
rapidly evolving field, with compelling examples of the processes
involved in producing inequalities and the challenges faced in
advancing the interests of the disadvantaged. It provides a
critical framework for understanding environmental justice in
various spatial and political contexts, and will be of interest to
those studying Environmental Studies, Geography, Politics and
Sociology.
Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive
critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on
energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and
accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development,
consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate
the social significance of energy systems in the global North and
South. The book features case studies, examples, discussion
questions, activities, recommended reading and more, to facilitate
its use in teaching. Energy and Society deploys contemporary
geographical concepts and approaches but is not narrowly
disciplinary. Its critical perspective highlights connections
between energy and significant socio-economic and political
processes, such as globalisation, urban isation, international
development and social justice, and connects important issues that
are often treated in isolation, such as resource availability,
energy security, energy access and low-carbon transition.
Co-authored by leading researchers and based on current research
and thinking in the social sciences, Energy and Society presents a
distinctive geographical approach to contemporary energy issues. It
is an essential resource for upperlevel undergraduates and Master's
students in geography, environmental studies, urban studies, energy
studies and related fields.
The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice presents an
extensive and cutting-edge introduction to the diverse, rapidly
growing body of research on pressing issues of environmental
justice and injustice. With wide-ranging discussion of current
debates, controversies, and questions in the history, theory, and
methods of environmental justice research, contributed by over 90
leading social scientists, natural scientists, humanists, and
scholars from professional disciplines from six continents, it is
an essential resource both for newcomers to this research and for
experienced scholars and practitioners. The chapters of this volume
examine the roots of environmental justice activism, lay out and
assess key theories and approaches, and consider the many different
substantive issues that have been the subject of activism,
empirical research, and policy development throughout the world.
The Handbook features critical reviews of quantitative,
qualitative, and mixed methodological approaches and explicitly
addresses interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and engaged
research. Instead of adopting a narrow regional focus, it tackles
substantive issues and presents perspectives from political and
cultural systems across the world, as well as addressing activism
for environmental justice at the global scale. Its chapters do not
simply review the state of the art, but also propose new conceptual
frameworks and directions for research, policy, and practice.
Providing detailed but accessible overviews of the complex, varied
dimensions of environmental justice and injustice, the Handbook is
an essential guide and reference not only for researchers engaged
with environmental justice, but also for undergraduate and graduate
teaching and for policymakers and activists.
Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive
critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on
energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and
accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development,
consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate
the social significance of energy systems in the global North and
South. The book features case studies, examples, discussion
questions, activities, recommended reading and more, to facilitate
its use in teaching. Energy and Society deploys contemporary
geographical concepts and approaches but is not narrowly
disciplinary. Its critical perspective highlights connections
between energy and significant socio-economic and political
processes, such as globalisation, urban isation, international
development and social justice, and connects important issues that
are often treated in isolation, such as resource availability,
energy security, energy access and low-carbon transition.
Co-authored by leading researchers and based on current research
and thinking in the social sciences, Energy and Society presents a
distinctive geographical approach to contemporary energy issues. It
is an essential resource for upperlevel undergraduates and Master's
students in geography, environmental studies, urban studies, energy
studies and related fields.
Robin Gordon Walker was born in 1911 and went to Wellington College
in 1924, where he excelled academically and at sport. He returned
to the school in 1932 as a youthful and charismatic teacher, later
becoming housemaster of the Hardinge and head of the history sixth.
Robin and the chaplain Geoffrey How, both OWs, sought to bring a
more liberal and enlightened attitude to College, a period which
flourished under the headmastership of Bobby Longden, tragically
killed by a bomb in 1940. Older masters were hidebound and rigid in
their methods and many of the' Old Guard' Housemasters took
exception to the move for change led by Robin and Geoffrey, who had
a more relaxed view on friendships between boys and encouraged them
to have friend in other Houses, a practice much frowned on. The
'Old Guard' made repeated appeals to the Headmaster, WH House, to
intervene and take sides. In 1943 Geoffrey was dismissed by House
and Robin, to the regret of many, resigned in protest. He died
tragically young in 1947. Robin wrote a novel in 1944
fictionalising the events that took place at Wellington.All the
names and places were changed, but the essence of his story rings
true to all who know about this period in the history of the
College. It is an important and timely publication: the conflicting
attitudes are portrayed with skill and verve and the denouement is
moving and powerful. With an afterword by Anthony Fletcher, OW
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