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Slowing down to speed up or get off: The role of resource legacies in narratives of wind energy in local transition governance

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: • Wind power governance becomes contested because of temporal misalignments. • Resource legacies are mobilised in the interpretation of wind power experiences. • Local administrations in resource communities construct a legacy of energy peripheralisation and strive to escape it. • Resource legacies can be both positive and negative and shape governance strategies. • Wind power is interpreted either negatively as alien, or as a new chapter in resource extraction.

Source: Resources Policy

DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2026.105879

Authors: Simon Haikola, Johanna Dahlin

Institution: Linköping University

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,810