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Geographies of Energy: Key Issues and Challenges towards Spatial Justice Concepts

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  • Marcin Wójcik

    (Department of Social and Regional Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, 90-142 Lodz, Poland)

  • Pamela Jeziorska-Biel

    (Department of Local Government Economics, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, 90-142 Lodz, Poland)

Abstract

The contemporary world is uneven not only in terms of the quality of life and economic development, but also in cultural issues that define awareness of global development processes. Geographies of energy co-create various energy paradigms and territorial development scenarios. This paper has two general aims. First, we want to identify the main fields of study within the geographies of energy. We try to define a general model of geographic analysis in terms of key concepts. The second aim concerns the definition of perspectives of geography of energy as a growing field of interest for researchers. We believe that geographies of energy should undertake a contemporary transition in this area from the point of view of scale and relativity resulting from the presented dimensions of spatiality and locality, i.e., differential, vertical, horizontal and transversal approaches.

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  • Marcin Wójcik & Pamela Jeziorska-Biel, 2023. "Geographies of Energy: Key Issues and Challenges towards Spatial Justice Concepts," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-9, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:2:p:742-:d:1029170
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