Social representations on the environment and socio-metabolic regimes
The case of the Spanish state
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4464658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marina Requena‐i‐mora (0000-0001-5519-3127, Universitat Jaume I, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 234-251 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/25148486231169208 |
| OpenAlex | W4367299881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article investigates the relationship between the socio-historical representation of the environment and socio-metabolic regimes in the case of the Spanish state. For this purpose, 70 interviews and three focus groups were conducted with different social actors. This qualitative study has been complemented by reconstructing per capita trends in the material footprint. The results show three differentiated regimes. First, before the 1960s, we found an era predominantly characterized by an agricultural economy, and the environment was understood as a source of livelihood. Material use was between 3 and 6 tons/capita/year. After the 1960s, economic modernization started, and natural resources were considered unlimited. The transition from an agrarian to an industrial socio-metabolic regime was inherently linked to a surge in material use per capita. In the 1980s, political modernization began, and the consumption of materials on average is currently between 14 and 27 tons/capita/year. However, when the material footprint has reached the highest amount, the environment is considered a product of economic growth and a post-material value. Post-materialism's historical and social specifics promote a social representation of the environment that hinges on separating lived practices from the environmental impacts these practices have produced. The resulting environmental concern may not benefit the environment. Conclusions highlight a need to rescue social representations of the environment that relate to the environmental impact of lifestyles
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Development economics · Ecological modernization · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Livelihood · Modernization theory · Natural resource · Per capita · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
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The material footprint of nations
The Entropy Law and the Economic Process
The Stages of Economic Growth
Power Struggles
The Spanish Transition to Industrial Metabolism
The Global Sociometabolic Transition
The Logic of Practice
Neoliberal environmentality
Another Turn of the Screw on the Environmental Opinions
Policies to reduce CO2 emissions
Is Green Growth Possible
Materials embodied in international trade – Global material extraction and consumption between 1995 and 2005
Tons, joules, and money
Against Extinction. The Story of Conservation
Seeing environmental injustices
The coming of post-industrial society
Trump and the Populist Authoritarian Parties
In search of lost time
Public Support for Environmental Protection
More is more
The anti-colonial politics of degrowth
Social Metabolism, Ecological Distribution Conflicts, and Languages of Valuation
Spanish Economic History
Varieties of Environmentalism
Mapping Common Ground
Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |