Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 
 

Files

File List


Joshua Fergen's Dissertation.pdf (4.27 MB)

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Emerging Energy Geographies of Wind: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Investigate the Relationshisp to Wind Energy across Geographies and Social Groups

Fergen, Joshua Travis
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587710844791088

Abstract Details

2020, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Environment and Natural Resources.
The demand of renewable energy has spurred the development of massive wind farms across rural America. It is important to understand how a transition away from fossil fuels impact the rural areas where turbines are located. In order to grasp these impacts, it is important to take a variety of approaches to understand the multiple spheres of life that are impacted. This dissertation consists of four distinct chapters that take a different approach to examining the impacts of wind energy development. The concepts and theories I use come from the many studies on energy development from rural sociologists, geographers, and political ecologists, embracing a scientific approach that utilizes multiple perspectives and methodological techniques. These methods include the use of newly available secondary data regarding the location of wind turbines and agricultural characteristics for spatial analyses, to a content analysis of social media posts of anti-wind Facebook Community Groups based on real geographies, and the more traditional approach of a mail survey. The following chapters represent separate manuscripts that highlight new and exciting approaches to wind energy development. Together, they present novel approaches in social science research that have been presented and discussed at previous academic conferences and have spurred collaborative projects with other scholars and students.
Jeffrey Jacquet (Committee Chair)
Linda Lobao (Committee Member)
Jackson-Smith Douglas (Committee Member)
Weavers Linda (Committee Member)
270 p.
Environmental Studies; Natural Resource Management; Sociology
Wind energy, rural sociology, rural community development

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Fergen, J. T. (2020). Emerging Energy Geographies of Wind: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Investigate the Relationshisp to Wind Energy across Geographies and Social Groups [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587710844791088

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fergen, Joshua. Emerging Energy Geographies of Wind: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Investigate the Relationshisp to Wind Energy across Geographies and Social Groups. 2020. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587710844791088.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fergen, Joshua. "Emerging Energy Geographies of Wind: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Investigate the Relationshisp to Wind Energy across Geographies and Social Groups." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587710844791088

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

osu1587710844791088
472
© 2020, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by The Ohio State University and OhioLINK.