Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 267-280

Journal: ERDKUNDE – Journal of Human and Physical Geographies

Volume number: 63

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0014-0015

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2009.03.05

Publisher: Erdkunde

Abstract: 
The article quantitatively and qualitatively evaluates German textbooks and articles in popular German geography journals, discussing patterns of local and thematic tendencies. The analysis shows a growing number of articles on renewable energy, while fossil and nuclear fuels are continuously discussed. Energy plays a minor role in German textbooks, while it is a persisting issue in journals. Nonetheless, a structured energy discussion is hardly visible in geographical journals; instead a large variety of single, unconnected papers has been published. A common theoretical framework does not exist in geographical energy research. As a result, current energy questions are not connected with geography, although geography can massively contribute to the challenges of climate change and decreasing fossil resources.

Harvard Citation style: Schuessler, F. (2009) A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF ENERGY TOPICS IN GERMAN GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE FROM 1950 TO 2008, ERDKUNDE – Journal of Human and Physical Geographies, 63(3), pp. 267-280. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2009.03.05

APA Citation style: Schuessler, F. (2009). A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF ENERGY TOPICS IN GERMAN GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE FROM 1950 TO 2008. ERDKUNDE – Journal of Human and Physical Geographies. 63(3), 267-280. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2009.03.05