Urban Dependency - The Inescapable Reality of the Energy Economy

Informationen zum Autor Gregory M. Fulkerson is professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at SUNY Oneonta. Alexander R. Thomas is professor of sociology at SUNY Oneonta. Klappentext Urban Dependency reveals how the world's urban population fulfills its energy demands by exploiting rural energy supplies and workers. Fulkerson and Thomas explain how urban dependency is legitimized through urbanormative ideology and fueled by political-economic forces, and call for a more sustainable approach centered on promoting rural justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 An Environmental Demographic Perspective Chapter 2 Matter and Energy: Theorizing Balance Chapter 3 The Energy Economy: Accounting for Sustainable Balance Chapter 4 Caloric Well Analysis of Settlements Chapter 5 World Urbanization and Urban Dependency Chapter 6 Urban Food Dependency Chapter 7 Urban Energy Dependency Chapter 8 Urbanormativity and Urban Dependency Conclusion: Sustainability and the Future of Urban-Rural Systems Appendix 1 Definition of Population Related Municipalities Appendix 2 Comparison of FAO Food Energy Balance Ratios

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• Authors: Gregory M. Fulkerson, Gregory M. Thomas Fulkerson, Fulkerson Gregory M., Alexander R. Thomas, Thomas Alexander R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781793623096
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-309-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics; Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamic; Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Political Economy, Urban communities