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Understanding the uneven geography of urban energy transitions: insights from Edmonton, Canada

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  • Neelakshi Joshi
  • Sandeep Agrawal

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Cities are important partners in developing solutions towards a low-carbon pathway. However, given the variation in geography, a need exists to study urban energy transitions through a nuanced approach that addresses space- and place-based factors. Based on document analysis and interviews with municipal employees and local energy experts in Edmonton, Canada, we explore how location and availability of energy sources, political territoriality, physical urban landscapes and social embeddedness of fossil fuels influence municipal energy transition. Results illustrate that while Edmonton is shaped by its fossil fuel geography, it is actively carving out its low-carbon future through a geographically rooted transition strategy.

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  • Neelakshi Joshi & Sandeep Agrawal, 2021. "Understanding the uneven geography of urban energy transitions: insights from Edmonton, Canada," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 14(2), pages 283-299.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:14:y:2021:i:2:p:283-299.
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    1. Kamila Svobodova & John R. Owen & Deanna Kemp & Vítězslav Moudrý & Éléonore Lèbre & Martin Stringer & Benjamin K. Sovacool, 2022. "Decarbonization, population disruption and resource inventories in the global energy transition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Franklin Obeng-Odoom, 2023. "Spatial political economy: the case of metropolitan industrial policy," Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 137-163, April.

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