Wealth and the Ecological Transformation : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Reciprocal Dynamics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terstriep, Judith.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2026.

Summary:

There is a dynamic, reciprocal relationship between prosperity and ecological transformation.A just transition only succeeds when social realities, local contexts and human behavior are taken into account.Rejecting simplistic »rich vs.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction-Navigating the Wealth‐Ecology Nexus

Charting the Journey Toward a Just Ecological Transition

The Contributions

Part I-Diagnosis &amp

Context

Part II-Challenging the Status Quo

Part III-Reimagining Transformation

References

From Regional Cohesion and Structural Policy to Just Transition and Transformative Change?

1 Introduction

2 Structural Change: Dynamics and Policy Legacies

2.1 Conceptual and Constitutional Foundations

2.2 From Peripheral Regions to Old Industrial Agglomerations

2.3 EU Regional and Cohesion Policy

2.4 From Reactive to Anticipatory Structural Policy

2.5 Current Policy Pressures and Emerging Fault Lines

3 Transformation, Transformative Change and Just Transition: Linking Social Justice and Ecological Goals

3.1 Structural vs Transformative Change

3.2 Just Transition Lens

3.3 Transformative Regional Development

3.4 Interrelatedness of Theoretical Discourses

4 Conclusion: Toward a Transformative, Just, and Ecologically Responsible Regional Structural Policy

4.1 Policy Implications

4.2 Future Research Avenues

Ecologizing the Concept of Progress

1. Introduction

2. The Modern Paradigm of Progress: Origins and Critiques

3. From Nature as Resource to Ecological Interconnectedness

4. Hans Jonas and the Ethics of Responsibility

5. Bruno Latour's political ecology

5.1 Latour's Relational Ontology: Rethinking Agency Beyond the Human

5.2 Latour's Gaia: A Political‐Ecological Actor Beyond Metaphysics

5.3 Latour's Critique of Critique and the Concept of Composition

5.4 Progress as a Return to Earth: Latour's Terrestrial Politics

6. On the Emergence of an Ecological Class: Political Reorientation in the Anthropocene.

7. Between Foresight and Entanglement: Jonas and Latour in Dialogue

8. Ecologizing Progress: Toward a Situated, Responsible and Relational Concept

8.1 Synthesis and Political Implications

9. Conclusion: Toward an Ecological Concept of Progress

Affluence and consumption of natural resources

2. The quantification of resource consumption in four income groups

3. Material Flow Analysis

3.1 Domestic Material Consumption

3.2 Material Footprint

4. Affluence and the IPAT equation

5. Results of the Resources Outlook 2024

6. Discussion of results

7. Conclusions and outlook

7.1 The established dichotomy

7.2 The World Bank income groups

7.3 Between rich and poor: a new world order

7.4 Relevance of the IPAT equation

7.5 Factor P

7.6 Factor T and A

7.7 The Great Acceleration of the Anthropocene

Infrastructures as Catalysts for Ecological Transformation

1. Methodology

2. Interdisciplinary understanding of infrastructures

3. Objectives and questions of the work

4. Technology portfolio for road‐based catenary line technology

5. Economic perspectives on infrastructure‑driven progress and change

6. Social ambivalence of technological developments

7. Discussion and recommendations for action

Appendix

Carbon Pricing in Practice

2. Carbon pricing in theory and practice

2.1 The economic theory of carbon pricing

2.2 Effectiveness of carbon pricing in practice

3. The general concept of political feasibility

3.1 Political feasibility within politics

3.2 Political feasibility and organized interests

3.3 Political feasibility and the broader public

4. Behavioral barriers

4.1 Rationality in Pigou's model

4.2 Price signals and behavioral change.

4.3 Carbon taxes meet pro‐environmental behavior

5. Conclusion

The Ecological Price of Inequality

1. Inequality and environmental degradation-two separate crises?

2. The pathways from inequality to sustainability

2.1 Political pathways

2.2 Economic pathways

2.3 Social pathways

3. Evidence of the inequality‐environment relationship

3.1 Research designs and methods

3.2 Local pollutants and biodiversity loss

3.3 CO2 emissions

3.4 Ecological footprints

3.5 Synthesizing the findings

4. The way forward

Individual‐Level Predictors of Climate Misinformation Susceptibility

2. Theoretical Framework

3. Current Study

4. Methods

4.1 Participants

4.2 Measures

4.3 Materials and Procedure

4.4 Analysis

5. Results

6. Discussion

6.1 The Influence of Beliefs and Demographics

6.2 Big Five Personality Traits

6.3 The Role of Deliberation Time

6.4 Implications for Research and Practice

6.5 Limitations and Future Directions

7. Conclusion

CRediT Statement

Who owns the present, owns the future?

2. Infrastructures &amp

the socio‐ecological transformation: an emerging topic in the social sciences

3. On inequality and ownership of infrastructures

4. The European Union's turn to hydrogen

4.1 Case selection &amp

description

4.2 Method

4.3 Context &amp

Ownership

4.4 Findings of thematic analysis

4.5 Discussion

Qualitative Scenarios for supporting regional public foresight

2. Scenario development as a scientific method

2.1 Definition of Scenarios

2.2 The Origin and Application of scenario development

3. The Development Process of Qualitative Scenarios.

4. Application of Qualitative Scenario Development for Public Foresight

4.1 First practical project: Climate‐resilient Bochum 2046

4.2 Second practical project: Smart City Bochum 2040

5. Reflections about Qualitative Scenarios for regional public foresight

6. Conclusions

Beyond profits

1. From Eroding Confidence to Collective Action

2. From resource‐based Commons to relational commoning

2.1 Energy Commoning: Definitions and Analytical Value

3. Methodology

3.1 Sample selection

3.2 Thematic analysis

4. Results

4.1 Exploring dimensions of energy commoning

4.2 Relational dimension

4.3 Social dimension

4.4 Informational dimension

4.5 Towards an energy commoning framework

5. Concluding remarks

List of Contributors.

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Print version: Terstriep, Judith Wealth and the Ecological Transformation

ISBN:

9783839424506