Discovering sustainability: A transition approach towards sustainable development [PDF]
, 2009 The concepts of transition and transition management offer a fruitful context for cooperation and debate among scientists, policy makers, and corporate actors.
Frantzeskaki, N. (Niki) +2 more
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Experiments in climate governance – lessons from a systematic review of case studies in transition research [PDF]
, 2015 Experimentation has been proposed as one of the ways in which public policy can drive sustainability transitions, notably by creating or delimiting space for experimenting with innovative solutions to sustainability challenges. In this paper we report on
Hilden, Mikael +4 more
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Does religion promote environmental sustainability? : exploring the role of religion in local energy transitions [PDF]
, 2015 This article explores the role of religion in local energy transition processes. By combining insights from (a) sustainability studies and (b) academic contributions on religion and sustainability, a theoretical approach for describing the role of ...
Köhrsen, Jens
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Enabling Future Sustainability Transitions: An Urban Metabolism Approach to Los Angeles Pincetl et al. Enabling Future Sustainability Transitions [PDF]
, 2014 Summary: This synthesis article presents an overview of an urban metabolism (UM) approach using mixed methods and multiple sources of data for Los Angeles, California.
Chester, M +7 more
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Accountability and Sustainability Transitions
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Abstract What constitutes a sustainability transition? We identify sustainability transitions as premised on shifts in accountability relations – assessments of conformance with institutional controls coupled with application of sanctions, incentives, and subsidies – which structure the selection pressures that shape future demographics, technical ...
Sareen, Siddharth, Wolf, Steven A.
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The green economy, sustainability transitions and transition regions : a case study of Boston [PDF]
, 2014 This paper is focused upon exploring the development of the green economy in particular locations, with the aim of identifying why some cities and regions have been successful in engendering green growth.
Gibbs, David, O'Neill, Kirstie
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Infrastructure transitions toward sustainability: a complex adaptive systems perspective [PDF]
, 2012 To ensure infrastructure assets are procured and maintained by government on behalf of citizens, appropriate policy and institutional architecture is needed, particularly if a fundamental shift to more sustainable infrastructure is the goal. The shift in
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Embracing the political in technology and transition studies: a response to Philip Vergragt and Bram Bos [PDF]
, 2013 This article is a short reaction to the comments of Vergragt (Found Sci, 2012) and Bos (Found Sci, 2012) on my article “Sustainability transition and the nature of technology” (Paredis in Found Sci 16(2–3):195–225, Paredis 2011).
Paredis, Erik
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Towards a sustainable Growth story: A critical analysis of the fundamentals [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper, I will develop an insight into the growth process of Indian Economy and will find that increased inequality due to unconventional transitions have its negative implications for future growth prospects and the overall issue of ...
Saraswat, Deepak
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Participation in Transition(s):Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse [PDF]
, 2016 This paper brings the transitions literature into conversation with constructivist Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on participation for the first time.
Arendt H. +23 more
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