Engaging with complexity in resilience practice
Ecology and Society, 2021 In a complex and turbulent world, there is heightened interest in managing for resilience. However, resilience guides, particularly those used in the development field, often lack a theoretical grounding in complex adaptive systems.
My M. Sellberg +4 more
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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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Mobile transitions : exploring synergies for urban sustainability research [PDF]
, 2015 Urban sustainability approaches focusing on a wide range of topics such as infrastructure and mobility, green construction and neighbourhood planning, or urban nature and green amenities have attracted scholarly interest for over three decades.
Affolderbach, Julia, Schulz, Christian
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Building a green economy? Sustainability transitions in the UK building sector [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the interest by policy makers to encourage and develop a green economy, with a particular focus on UK government attempts to engender a shift in the mainstream building and construction sector towards adopting green building methods ...
Gibbs, David +2 more
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Going beyond instrument interactions: towards a more comprehensive policy mix conceptualization for environmental technological change [PDF]
, 2015 Reaching a better understanding of the policies and politics of transitions presents a main agenda item in the emerging field of sustainability transitions.
Reichardt, Kristin, Rogge, Karoline S
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Urban Sustainability Transitions [PDF]
, 2017 © 2017 selection and editorial matter, Niki Frantzeskaki, Vanesa Castan Broto, Lars Coenen and Derk Loorbach; individual chapters, the contributors. The world’s population is currently undergoing a significant transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of people globally will live in cities by 2050.
Niki Frantzeskaki +3 more
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Transitions to freshwater sustainability [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 Fundamental transitions in natural resources technologies, institutions, and management approaches are often difficult to see in advance, or even in the midst, of actual changes. Such a transformation now appears to be underway for freshwater resources, driven by increasingly severe water-related crises around the world.
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Towards a sustainable economy? Socio-technical transitions in the green building sector [PDF]
, 2013 Making the transition to a green economy is a major policy driver in the UK and other countries. Entrepreneurs are suggested as being at the forefront of this transition and as a driving force for sustainability. These “green entrepreneurs” may represent
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