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JOURNAL: “It’s not a very certain future”: Emotion and infrastructure change in an industrial town
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Authors:
Gareth Thomas
Catherine Cherry
Chris Groves
Karen Henwood
Nick Pidgeon
Erin Roberts
Cardiff University
“It’s not a very certain future”: Emotion and infrastructure change in an industrial town
Geoforum
June 2022
Four decades on from the onset of deindustrialisation in the UK and other late-capitalist societies, industrial places are again emerging as key objects of policy discourse. Under the dual pressures of decarbonisation, and the recognition of ‘left behind’ regions as potential hotspots for feelings of political marginalisation, new strategies for clean growth are emerging, aiming to boost local economic and environmental performance. Presenting data produced via biographical interviews and deliberative workshops in Port Talbot, South Wales, we explore how experiences of life in one of the UK’s most significant manufacturing towns has shaped local feelings towards four place-based scenarios for industrial and energy systems decarbonisation.