Privileged access and rural vulnerabilities: Examining social and environmental exploitation in bioenergy development in the American Midwest

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biofuel production 79%
• bioenergy 70%
• biofuel 65%
• vulnerability 51%
• economic activity 44%
• economic development 37%
• natural resource 35%
• externality 25%
• livelihood 20%
• asymmetry 19%
• rural area 19%
• maize 18%
• stakeholder 16%
• biomass 12%
• cost 10%

Business & Economics

• Biofuels 100%
• Bioenergy 82%
• Vulnerability 57%
• Exploitation 55%
• Rural Communities 24%
• Economic Activity 23%
• Natural Resources 22%
• Environmental Concern 22%
• Economic Development 20%
• Environmental Externalities 13%
• Corn 12%
• Biomass 12%
• Hinterland 11%
• Livelihoods 11%
• Asymmetry 10%
• Rural Areas 9%
• Stakeholders 6%
• Costs 4%

Social Sciences

• bioenergy 89%
• biofuel 75%
• exploitation 56%
• vulnerability 51%
• rural community 20%
• natural resources 19%
• economics 17%
• promotion 15%
• asymmetry 10%
• livelihood 9%
• rural area 8%
• stakeholder 7%
• costs 5%
• interview 4%
• evidence 4%