عنوان

Challenging legitimacy at the precipice of energy calamity

شماره استاندارد

1968

نام نخستين پديدآور

Davidson, Debra J.

عنوان اصلي

Challenging legitimacy at the precipice of energy calamity

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Springer

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c2011

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xv, 232 p. , col. ill. , 24 cm.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

"Two intersecting moments of the Twenty-first Century define our politics, economies, and future prospects for civilization: the mounting evidence for global climate change, now unequivocally attributed to socio-economic activities, and its de-stabilizing effects on our biosphere, combined with the end of easy oil and the easy wealth it generates. On the energy question, non-conventional fossil fuels have been promoted by political elites as the next most attractive development option. The development of nonconventional fuels, however, does nothing to alleviate either climate change or the falling rate of energy supply, and generates multiple social and environmental consequences. The largest endeavour marking this historic nexus--indeed the largest industrial project in history, is the extraction and processing of the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada. The social, environmental, and most importantly political outcomes of this grand experiment will reverberate throughout the global polity, and either encourage or caution against increasing our dependence on such non-conventional fuels and assuming the multiple costs such dependence will entail. Planning for reflexive societal change requires that we first ask how such giga-projects are legitimated, and who is challenging this legitimacy? In this book we trace how language and visual representations are used to reinforce or challenge the legitimacy of development of the Athabasca tar sands, and draw on our insights to contemplate likely energy and climate futures."--P. ]4[ of cover.

عنصر شناسه ای

، Energy policy

عنصر شناسه ای

، Energy development, Environmental aspects

عنصر شناسه ای

، Power resources

شماره

شماره رده

کد نقش

AU

عنصر شناسه اي

Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi

عنصر شناسه اي

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