Lorenzo De Vidovich – författare

This book explores energy poverty through a social science lens, drawing on the author's research experience at the University of Trieste and Milan and his work as an energy poverty project manager for the City of Milan.Energy poverty is no longer a localized issue related to warmth and energy affordability. It has turned into a global concern shaped by multifaceted economic, environmental, socio-demographic, spatial and geographical factors. This groundbreaking book provides an updated perspective from the social sciences, exploring how evolving forms of energy deprivation challenge traditional understandings of the phenomenon and demand new analytical frameworks that consider the full complexities of energy vulnerabilities. It considers the drivers of energy vulnerability on a global scale and explores how decision-makers can be equipped to craft targeted local actions for vulnerable households amid urban energy transition agendas. These insights integrate lived experiences into measurements and form the basis for policy recommendations designed to foster energy justice and security for vulnerable households.Bridging academic theory and empirical research, this volume equips the reader to address one of today’s most pressing global challenges. It is deal for researchers, policymakers, and social scientists with a focus on energy transitions, energy policy, and energy inequality.

This book challenges the city-centered view of Europe by highlighting the importance of suburbs and peripheries, where millions live. It argues that Europe has long been shaped by suburbanization, which, since World War II, is closely linked to international immigration. Through historical and geographical analysis, A Continent of Suburbs explores the diversity of suburban models across Europe and expands the ‘post-suburban’ concept to reflect blurred boundaries and evolving definitions. Social geographer Yannis Tzaninis and sociologist Lorenzo De Vidovich bring their expertise together to study the intersections of these disciplines. Case studies from the Amsterdam and Milan regions illustrate how demographic shifts, mobility, economic change, and land development have created new forms of suburban life. By connecting immigration and suburbanization to broader urban histories, the book offers fresh insights for urban studies, geography, planning, and European studies, and invites readers to see Europe’s peripheries as central to understanding the continent’s development and future.