Urban Dependency

The Inescapable Reality of the Energy Economy

AvGregory M. Fulkerson,Alexander R. Thomas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics

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Beskrivning

Urban Dependency investigates the risks of urban populations that cannot survive without the massive consumption of basic rural products like food, textiles, fossil fuels, and other energy-rich goods that are harvested by a shrinking rural base. Thomas and Fulkerson argue that though essential, rural workers and communities are poorly compensated for their labor that is both dangerous and highly exploitative. While the rural population is already shrinking, the authors predict that harsh political-economic conditions will only fuel further rural-urban migration, worsening the problem of urban dependency. The authors apply their theory of the energy economy to explore a balance between the supply and demand of energy resources that promotes rural justice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:473 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793623096

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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.

Recensioner i media

Urban Dependency is a must read for scholars in the area of environmental, urban and rural sociology, and the sociology of development. The book provides an excellent compendium of thought and future directions for theorizing and modeling population-environment interactions. Fulkerson and Thomas’ energetic analysis of the world system is unparalleled. They deftly wed areas of emphasis in novel ways, complemented with methodological tools appropriate for such large-scale, cross-cutting analyses. Their construction of a world-level system dynamic model is a major contribution to knowledge surrounding global sustainability. As the rural-urban divide incites greater inequality worldwide, an analytic approach such as this is of increasing importance.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 An Environmental Demographic PerspectiveChapter 2 Matter and Energy: Theorizing BalanceChapter 3 The Energy Economy: Accounting for Sustainable BalanceChapter 4 Caloric Well Analysis of SettlementsChapter 5 World Urbanization and Urban DependencyChapter 6 Urban Food Dependency Chapter 7 Urban Energy DependencyChapter 8 Urbanormativity and Urban DependencyConclusion: Sustainability and the Future of Urban-Rural SystemsAppendix 1 Definition of Population Related MunicipalitiesAppendix 2 Comparison of FAO Food Energy Balance Ratios