Energy vulnerability in underprivileged neighbourhoods : a socio-spatial analysis through energy justice and spatial capital lenses in Ghent, Belgium
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- Lena Verlooy (UGent) and Tim Devos (UGent)
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- This research explores energy injustices in underprivileged urban neighbourhoods through the lens of spatial capital. Based on interviews and collective mapping workshops, it analyses two case neigbourhoods in Ghent, Belgium: a modernist social housing area and a dense former working-class neighbourhood. The research identifies markers of spatial capital that influence residents’ access to resources, opportunities, and barriers to participating in energy transitions. The findings show how socio-spatial inequalities amplify energy injustices, emphasising the critical need for place-based policies to foster an equitable energy transition. By focusing on neighbourhood-scale dynamics, the research moves beyond individualised explanations to expose structural barriers to just energy transitions.
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- energy justice, spatial capital, energy vulnerability, underprivileged neighbourhoods, positive energy districts, FUEL POVERTY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, COMMUNITY, TRANSFORMATIONS, DISPARITIES, GENERATION, PLACE, CITY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01KHJYEPTFPDDBZZAHYS24M85C
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- Verlooy, Lena, and Tim Devos. “Energy Vulnerability in Underprivileged Neighbourhoods : A Socio-Spatial Analysis through Energy Justice and Spatial Capital Lenses in Ghent, Belgium.” PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, 2026, pp. 1–27, doi:10.1080/02697459.2026.2624703.
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- Verlooy, L., & Devos, T. (2026). Energy vulnerability in underprivileged neighbourhoods : a socio-spatial analysis through energy justice and spatial capital lenses in Ghent, Belgium. PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2026.2624703
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- Verlooy, Lena, and Tim Devos. 2026. “Energy Vulnerability in Underprivileged Neighbourhoods : A Socio-Spatial Analysis through Energy Justice and Spatial Capital Lenses in Ghent, Belgium.” PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2026.2624703.
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- Verlooy, Lena, and Tim Devos. 2026. “Energy Vulnerability in Underprivileged Neighbourhoods : A Socio-Spatial Analysis through Energy Justice and Spatial Capital Lenses in Ghent, Belgium.” PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH: 1–27. doi:10.1080/02697459.2026.2624703.
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- 1.Verlooy L, Devos T. Energy vulnerability in underprivileged neighbourhoods : a socio-spatial analysis through energy justice and spatial capital lenses in Ghent, Belgium. PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH. 2026;1–27.
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- [1]L. Verlooy and T. Devos, “Energy vulnerability in underprivileged neighbourhoods : a socio-spatial analysis through energy justice and spatial capital lenses in Ghent, Belgium,” PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, pp. 1–27, 2026.
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