Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions Practices of legitimation and accountable governance
Sareen, Siddharth
Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions Practices of legitimation and accountable governance - Springer Nature 2020 - 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
Open Access
This open access book reframes sustainable energy transitions as being a matter of resolving accountability crises. It demonstrates how the empirical study of several practices of legitimation can analytically deconstruct energy transitions, and presents a typology of these practices to help determine whether energy transitions contribute to sustainability. The real-world challenge of climate change requires sustainable energy transitions. This presents a crisis of accountability legitimated through situated practices in a wide range of cases including: solar energy transitions in Portugal, urban energy transitions in Germany, forestland conflicts in Indonesia, urban carbon emission targets in Norway, transport electrification in the Nordic region, and biodiversity conservation and energy extraction in the USA. By synthesising these cases, chapters identify various dimensions wherein practices of legitimation construct specific accountability relations. This book deftly illustrates the value of an analytical approach focused on accountable governance to enable sustainable energy transitions. It will be of great use to both academics and practitioners working in the field of energy transitions.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-030-26891-6
10.1007/978-3-030-26891-6 doi
Energy technology & engineering
Human geography
Physical geography & topography
Society & social sciences
Sustainability
accountability accountability analysis accountability crisis Berlin's energy transitions Biodiversity conservation climate targets Development & environmental geography Development and Sustainability Development Studies electric mobility energy extraction Energy industries & utilities Energy Policy, Economics and Management Energy technology & engineering energy transitions Environment Studies Environmental Geography Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies history of sustainable energy Human geography Human Geography institutional changes legitimacy material change open access relational change Society & Social Sciences solar energy sustainability Sustainability The environment urban climate and energy policy
Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions Practices of legitimation and accountable governance - Springer Nature 2020 - 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
Open Access
This open access book reframes sustainable energy transitions as being a matter of resolving accountability crises. It demonstrates how the empirical study of several practices of legitimation can analytically deconstruct energy transitions, and presents a typology of these practices to help determine whether energy transitions contribute to sustainability. The real-world challenge of climate change requires sustainable energy transitions. This presents a crisis of accountability legitimated through situated practices in a wide range of cases including: solar energy transitions in Portugal, urban energy transitions in Germany, forestland conflicts in Indonesia, urban carbon emission targets in Norway, transport electrification in the Nordic region, and biodiversity conservation and energy extraction in the USA. By synthesising these cases, chapters identify various dimensions wherein practices of legitimation construct specific accountability relations. This book deftly illustrates the value of an analytical approach focused on accountable governance to enable sustainable energy transitions. It will be of great use to both academics and practitioners working in the field of energy transitions.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-030-26891-6
10.1007/978-3-030-26891-6 doi
Energy technology & engineering
Human geography
Physical geography & topography
Society & social sciences
Sustainability
accountability accountability analysis accountability crisis Berlin's energy transitions Biodiversity conservation climate targets Development & environmental geography Development and Sustainability Development Studies electric mobility energy extraction Energy industries & utilities Energy Policy, Economics and Management Energy technology & engineering energy transitions Environment Studies Environmental Geography Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies history of sustainable energy Human geography Human Geography institutional changes legitimacy material change open access relational change Society & Social Sciences solar energy sustainability Sustainability The environment urban climate and energy policy