Governments, namely in the global North, are fostering the deployment of large"scale low carbon and associated energy infrastructures (EIs), such as power lines, to mitigate climate change. However, when infrastructures are to be deployed, opposition is often found. Environmental justice"”involving issues of distributive and procedural justice and recognition"”and associated inter"group relations, has been identified as a key aspect for local opposition. However, research has rarely examined local perceptions of environmental justice and associated practices, such as energy colonialism, within a global perspective. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, we examine if and how different"level intergroup relations and collective narratives shape people's social"psychological and geographical imaginaries and responses to EIs. Focus groups were conducted with community members affected by proposals to construct high"voltage power lines in the UK. Analyses suggest that narratives around England's colonial history"”within Britain and beyond Britain"”shape responses to EIs.

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No Norte global, và¡rios governos està£o a promover a construà§à£o de tecnologias de baixo carbono e outras infra"estruturas energéticas de larga escala associadas (IE), como linhas elétricas, para mitigar as alteraà§àµes climà¡ticas. Contudo, oposià§à£o à  sua construà§à£o é frequente. A (in)justià§a ambiental e relaà§àµes intergrupais associadas, tàªm vindo a ser identificadas como explicativas dessa oposià§à£o. Contudo, raramente sà£o analisadas as representaà§àµes locais de justià§a ambiental e prà¡ticas relacionadas, como de colonialismo energético, dentro de uma perspetiva global. Adoptando uma abordagem interdisciplinar, examinamos neste artigo se e como relaà§àµes intergrupais a diferentes nà­veis"”local ao global " e narrativas coletivas associadas, moldam os imaginà¡rios geogrà¡ficos e sà³cio"psicolà³gicos em relaà§à£o à s IE. Conduzimos grupos focais com membros de comunidades no Reino Unido a serem afetadas pela construà§à£o de linhas elétricas. As anà¡lises sugerem que narrativas da histà³ria colonial Inglesa"”dentro e fora do Reino Unido"”influenciam as respostas à s IE.

» Author: Susana Batel, Patrick Devine"Wright

» Source: Wiley

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