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A Strategy for Spatializing Degrowth at Home: Commoning of Housing
Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and PlanningMany theorists advocate for "economic degrowth," which entails "scaling down production and consumption activities," as a radical proposal to achieve environmental sustainability and social justice.
Gamze Öztürk, Ayşe Şentürer
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Sustainable FuturesThis study examines degrowth pathways as an alternative socio-economic approach that challenges the assumption that continuous economic growth is a prerequisite for human well-being and environmental sustainability.
Francesca Stefanini +2 more
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Shrinking for Survival: Integrating Degrowth Principles into Texas Zoning Regulations
Urban ScienceThe degrowth movement is gradually gaining recognition within North American urban planning, but its influence and application remain limited. Most degrowth-oriented initiatives have remained at a small scale, mostly pertaining to communities and ...
Alara Yücel, Pamela Durán-Díaz
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Tourism development and the degrowth paradigm [PDF]
Turističko Poslovanje, 2014 This paper aims to look at alternatives to the classic models of development by exploring the paradigm of degrowth in a tourism context. Degrowth touted as an alternative to mainstream paradigms of development, aims to ensure a high quality of life for ...
Andriotis Konstantinos
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1.5 °C degrowth scenarios suggest the need for new mitigation pathways
Nature Communications, 2021 Established climate mitigation modelling relies on controversial negative emissions and unprecedented technological change, but neglects to consider degrowth scenarios. Here the authors show that degrowth scenarios minimize many key risks for feasibility
Lorenz T. Keyßer, Manfred Lenzen
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Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies
The Lancet Planetary HealthSummary: Background: Degrowth argues that high-income economies should reduce harmful production and prioritise wellbeing. Although degrowth is increasingly seen as essential to tackling climate change, the extent of public support for this economic ...
Dario Krpan, PhD +3 more
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Advancing Theory and Practice Concerning CO2e Emissions: A Time‐Based Tool for Organisations
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although organisations are increasingly scrutinised on their CO2e emissions, economic growth is frequently encouraged. Eco‐efficiency–based initiatives—‘doing more with less’—could be a solution. The problem is that many organisations (e.g., smaller enterprises without access to specialist knowledge) have difficulties in gauging the impact of ...
Andrea Stevenson Thorpe, Frank Figge
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Degrowth Perspective for Sustainability in Built Environments
Encyclopedia, 2022 Degrowth, as a social movement, a political project, and an academic paradigm, aims to find ways that can lead to harmonious co-existence between humanity and nature, between humans and non-humans, and within humanity, including oneself. Seen through the
Iana Nesterova
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite increasing adoption of sustainable business models, environmental decline and social disparities continue to accelerate. Strong sustainable business models offer an alternative by prioritizing ecological limits and systemic change. Drawing on an integrative literature review and business model modularization, this study examines how ...
Maike Gossen +3 more
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Czech Journal of International RelationsWhile degrowth as a plural and decolonial movement actively invites the Global South to be part of its transformative project, the current NorthSouth dichotomy threatens to miss the variety of semi-peripheral contexts.
LILIAN PUNGAS +7 more
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