Martina Angela Caretta
Associate Professor ǀ Docent
Local residents’ lived experiences of energy sprawl in West Virginia. A visual exploration of landscape change
Författare
Summary, in English
West Virginia, sitting fully in the eastern US region of Appalachia, has a long history of resource extraction, including salt, timber, coal and oil. In the late 2000s, gas became another popular resource, obtained through hydraulic fracturing. The once-hilly landscape has been flattened, valleys have been filled, and caves have been dug all because of extraction. In this photo essay we document the latest manifestation of landscape change that local communities have experienced: pipeline development. Pipelines have been put in place across the state, given ever-improving hydraulic fracturing technology and subsequent national and international consumption that requires transportation. This photo essay shows the landscape changes that West Virginia has undergone through the eyes and words of residents. We present data gathered through 33 interviews and visual methods that illustrate the destruction of scenery and memories through erosion, as well as everyday challenges to property access during construction.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
Publiceringsår
2023
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
841-858
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Landscape Research
Volym
48
Issue
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Human Geography
Nyckelord
- Visual methods
- energy sprawl
- pipelines
- hydraulic fracturing
- West Virginia
- Appalachia
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1469-9710