Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production
Backhouse, Maria
Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production - Springer Nature 2021 - 1 electronic resource (338 p.)
Open Access
This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically rich discussion of bioeconomy developments with a particular focus on bio-based energy. A series of conceptual discussions and case studies with a multidisciplinary background in the social sciences illuminate how the deployment of biomass sources from the agricultural and forestry sectors affect societal changes concerning knowledge production, land and labour relations, political participation and international trade. How can a global perspective on socio-ecological inequalities contribute to a complex and critical understanding of bioeconomy? Who participates in the negotiation of specific bioeconomy policies and who does not? Who determines the agenda? To what extent does the bioeconomy affect existing socio-ecological inequalities in rural areas? What are the implications of the bioeconomy for existing relations of extraction and inequalities across regions? The volume is an invitation to reflect upon these questions and more, at a time when the need for an ecological and socially just transition away from a carbon intensive economy is becoming increasingly pressing.
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English
978-3-030-68944-5 9783030689445
10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5 doi
Central government policies
Energy technology & engineering
Environmental management
Physical geography & topography
Sociology
Sustainability
bioeconomy bioenergy bioenergy policies biomass Central / national / federal government policies Development & environmental geography Energy industries & utilities Energy Policy, Economics and Management Energy technology & engineering Environmental Geography Environmental Management Environmental management, Environmental Policy Environmental Social Sciences Environmental Studies global inequalities global socio-ecological inequalities Integrated Geography just energy transition knowledge-based bioeconomy open access social justice socio-ecological inequalities Sociology Sociology, general Sustainability Sustainable Development sustainable energy transition transnational entanglements
Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production - Springer Nature 2021 - 1 electronic resource (338 p.)
Open Access
This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically rich discussion of bioeconomy developments with a particular focus on bio-based energy. A series of conceptual discussions and case studies with a multidisciplinary background in the social sciences illuminate how the deployment of biomass sources from the agricultural and forestry sectors affect societal changes concerning knowledge production, land and labour relations, political participation and international trade. How can a global perspective on socio-ecological inequalities contribute to a complex and critical understanding of bioeconomy? Who participates in the negotiation of specific bioeconomy policies and who does not? Who determines the agenda? To what extent does the bioeconomy affect existing socio-ecological inequalities in rural areas? What are the implications of the bioeconomy for existing relations of extraction and inequalities across regions? The volume is an invitation to reflect upon these questions and more, at a time when the need for an ecological and socially just transition away from a carbon intensive economy is becoming increasingly pressing.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-030-68944-5 9783030689445
10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5 doi
Central government policies
Energy technology & engineering
Environmental management
Physical geography & topography
Sociology
Sustainability
bioeconomy bioenergy bioenergy policies biomass Central / national / federal government policies Development & environmental geography Energy industries & utilities Energy Policy, Economics and Management Energy technology & engineering Environmental Geography Environmental Management Environmental management, Environmental Policy Environmental Social Sciences Environmental Studies global inequalities global socio-ecological inequalities Integrated Geography just energy transition knowledge-based bioeconomy open access social justice socio-ecological inequalities Sociology Sociology, general Sustainability Sustainable Development sustainable energy transition transnational entanglements