Energy transition is increasingly regarded as a promising opportunity for the economic
development of rural areas. This possibility is associated with the siting and (co-) ownership …

This article explores the politics behind the promise of 'blue growth'. Reframing it as a 'blue
fix', we argue that the blue growth discourse facilitates new opportunities for capital …

Urban political ecology (UPE) focuses on unsettling traditional understandings of 'cities' as
ontological entities separate from 'nature'and on how the production of settlements is …

This article elaborates on the notion of “decarbonisation by dispossession” in order to shed
light on the contradictory character of capital-driven energy transitions. First, we suggest …

Contemporary global climate change imperative has stimulated innovative technological
systems to combine renewable energy production and other socioeconomic functions, which …

In this paper, I explore the links between infrastructure‐led development, urban
transformation and inequality in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). I theorise the BRI as a …

Abstract Models suggest that climate change mitigation now depends on negative
emissions, ie the large‐scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This …

Majority-Black cities in North America are not often described in the academic literature as
such. Racial capitalism is a restorative approach that puts majority-Black cities in the Global …

The tourism industries remain inadequately and inconsistently theorised as a form of
capitalist development despite their immense ability to transform spaces and economies …

China's eco-cities are often regarded as branding tactics of the entrepreneurial local state for
economic growth and land revenue generation. However, it is not clear whether the …