Open AccessUse and abuse of the planet in non-rich regions: histories of fracking and windmills in a more than human geographical perspective
Author(s) -
Ángel Paniagua,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
aims geosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2471-2132
DOI - 10.3934/geosci.2022001
Subject(s) - materiality (auditing) , politics , perspective (graphical) , geography , resistance (ecology) , marginal land , environmental ethics , economic geography , sociology , political science , archaeology , ecology , law , aesthetics , biology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , agriculture
Remote and marginal areas with scarce and vulnerable populations are "comfortable" settings and suitable places for the development of new extractive activities for energy production. Fracking and modern windmills are often controversial activities in marginal areas for native and local populations, with varying political positions from local elites. The new scalar policies associated with the energy project introduce some of the resistance strategies in the form of more than human geographies or hybrid spatial relationships that characterize recent human geography. This paper explores and suggests possible ways of integrating local interests with regional or national policies based on the "health" of marginal populations, marginal rather than human materiality's and marginal more-than-human.