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Commentary: STS of the Underground by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…Geographer Trevor Birkenholtz draws out major themes across the articles in the thematic collection "Engaging the Underground: An STS Field in Formation," with…”
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Adaptation to Social–Ecological Change in Northwestern Pakistan: Household Strategies and Decision-making Processes by Nixon, Rebecca, Ma, Zhao, Zanotti, Laura, Khan, Bushra, Birkenholtz, Trevor, Lee, Linda, Mian, Ishaq

“…Values are important factors shaping people’s perceptions of social–ecological changes and the associated impacts, acceptable risk, and successful adaptation…”
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Uncertain Waters: Participatory groundwater modelling in Chicago’s suburbs by Mannix, Devin H., Birkenholtz, Trevor L., Abrams, Daniel B., Cullen, Cecilia

“…•Groundwater is largely hidden and intangible to water users.•Groundwater’s illegibility leads to uncertainty that hinders water supply planning.•Groundwater…”
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Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970-2005 by Rudel, Thomas K, Schneider, Laura, Uriarte, Maria, Turner, B.L. II, DeFries, Ruth, Lawrence, Deborah, Geoghegan, Jacqueline, Hecht, Susanna, Ickowitz, Amy, Lambin, Eric F, Birkenholtz, Trevor, Baptista, Sandra, Grau, Ricardo

“…Does the intensification of agriculture reduce cultivated areas and, in so doing, spare some lands by concentrating production on other lands? Such sparing is…”
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Social influence shapes adaptive water governance: empirical evidence from northwestern Pakistan by Nixon, Rebecca, Ma, Zhao, Khan, Bushra, Birkenholtz, Trevor, Lee, Linda, Mian, Ishaq

“…Social-ecological change has placed unprecedented stress on water resources throughout the world. This has driven water users to employ a diverse range of…”
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Recentralizing groundwater governmentality: rendering groundwater and its users visible and governable by Birkenholtz, Trevor L.

“…Groundwater use, particularly for agricultural purposes, has exploded globally. This was driven by the advent of deep tubewell groundwater lifting technology,…”
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The relationship between household structures and everyday adaptation and livelihood strategies in northwestern Pakistan by Nixon, Rebecca, Ma, Zhao, Birkenholtz, Trevor, Khan, Bushra, Zanotti, Laura, Lee, Linda, Mian, Ishaq

“…The interactions between household size, capital, and adaptation to social-ecological change has been widely studied; however, little is known about the…”
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The sun and the scythe: energy dispossessions and the agrarian question of labor in solar parks by Stock, Ryan, Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…Green grabbing is accelerating throughout the Global South to facilitate climate change mitigation. This paper illuminates the discursive and extra-economic…”
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Dispossessing irrigators: Water grabbing, supply-side growth and farmer resistance in India by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…•Finds a growth in the alienation of water from irrigators to cities.•Finds ‘water grabbing’ to be a state-led process of dispossession.•Finds that ABD is an…”
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Assessing India's drip-irrigation boom: efficiency, climate change and groundwater policy by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…This article draws on a case from the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan to examine whether drip irrigation saves water. Drip irrigation is being promoted…”
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Geographies of big water infrastructure: Contemporary insights and future research opportunities by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…Largescale “big” water infrastructure is once again at the forefront of the global developmentalist agenda and is receiving attendant scholarly attention…”
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Photons vs. firewood: female (dis)empowerment by solar power in India by Stock, Ryan, Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…Renewable energy transitions are accelerating in the Global South. Yet many large-scale renewable energy infrastructures are developed on public lands with…”
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Infrastructuring drip irrigation: The gendered assembly of farmers, laborers and state subsidy programs by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…This paper examines the relationship between the diffusion of drip irrigation technology, state subsidy programs to encourage its adoption by farmers, and…”
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“On the Network, off the Map”: Developing Intervillage and Intragender Differentiation in Rural Water Supply by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…Despite decades of water-supply development programs in the Global South, their effect on gendered access to water remains both unclear and contradictory. This…”
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Network political ecology: Method and theory in climate change vulnerability and adaptation research by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…This paper argues for the development of ‘network political ecology’, drawing on the insights from regional political ecology and recent advancements in…”
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Introduction to themed issue: Ignorance and uncertainty in environmental decision-making by Birkenholtz, Trevor, Simon, Gregory

“…There is growing scholarly engagement with the role of uncertainty in questions of environmental decision-making. Yet ignorance, while prevalent in the STS…”
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Tracking the sun: exposing India’s solar dispossessions by Stock, Ryan, Birkenholtz, Trevor

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Drip irrigation as a socio-technical configuration: policy design and technological choice in Western India by Misquitta, Karan, Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…Through a case study of farmers in India we examine the relationship between drip irrigation subsidy policies, farmer adoption and technological choice. We…”
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Knowing Climate Change: Local Social Institutions and Adaptation in Indian Groundwater Irrigation by Birkenholtz, Trevor

“…How do farmers understand and predict weather variability; in what ways are local weather prediction techniques institutionalized (e.g., in new agricultural…”
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Groundwater governmentality: hegemony and technologies of resistance in Rajasthan's (India) groundwater governance by BIRKENHOLTZ, TREVOR

“…Globally, decentralisation has become the dominant paradigm for environmental governance. This paper explores the linkages between green governmentality…”
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