Phasing out coal, sustaining coal communities? Living with technological decline in sustainability pathways

被引：90

作者：

Johnstone, Phil ^{[1
]}

Hielscher, Sabine ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sussex, Sch Business Management & Econ, SPRU, Brighton BN1 9SN, E Sussex, England

来源：

EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL | 2017年 / 4卷 / 03期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Coal; Sustainability transitions; Phase out; Just transitions; Deindustrialisation; STRATEGIC NICHE MANAGEMENT; REGIME DESTABILIZATION; TRANSITIONS; INDUSTRY; FRAMEWORK;

D O I：

10.1016/j.exis.2017.06.002

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

In this short discussion paper, we discuss recent attention towards the phase out of coal in the UK and associated understandings derived from the field of sustainability transitions. While, the recent focus on destabilisation of unsustainable technologies in this field is important, we raise concerns that there is the risk of insufficient attention regarding the broader implications of such discontinuity processes around the impacts on local coal communities and future prospects of the workforce. We exemplify this, with a discussion of some concerns raised in the responses to the 2016 UK coal consultation, where issues surrounding the future of communities situated near coal facilities have been highlighted. In the final section, we discuss these kinds of issues in relation in the context of the 'just transition' advocated by parts of the trade union movement as well as perspectives on deindustrialisation and community cohesion and identity. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：457 / 461

页数：5

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