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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
Brown, Kerry, Furneaux, Craig, Gudmundsson, Amanda   +2 more
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CONTROVERSIES AND TRANSITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

Mercator, 2020
Science does not progress without controversy as well the societies. In this article, this approach is privileged, aiming to analyze whether they can hinder or speed up the agricultural and food, environmental and sanitary transitions necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Neli de Mello ThéryNeli de Mello Théry, Patrick Caron   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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
Gibbs, David, Gibbs, David C., O'Neill, Kirstie, ONeill, Kirstie J.   +3 more
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Community perceptions on land and water acquisitions in the Okavango Delta: implications for rural livelihoods

Ecosystems and People
Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa are increasing, reported often as the transfers of land for food and biofuel crop production. Only reporting agricultural acquisitions underplays potential impacts of other forms of acquisitions like tourism and ...
Nametso Dorothy Phonchi-Tshekiso, Nadia Sitas, Odirilwe Selomane   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seeding equity in African food systems: how can marginal, bottom-up initiatives promote transformations to more equitable and sustainable futures?

Ecology and Society
The multiple crises of the Anthropocene require deep transformations to achieve more sustainable, and equitable, social-ecological futures. Consequently, there is growing interest in marginal, experimental, or bottom-up initiatives that may provide ...
Julia L van Velden, Nyasha Magadzire, Willem Malherbe, Joyce Atieno Ojino, Helen Bour, Keziah K Mayer, Sungeni R Karonga, Sènankpon Tcheton, Mulako Kabisa, Laura M Pereira, Reinette Biggs   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evolution of social-ecological systems (SES) research: a co-authorship and co-citation network analysis

Ecology and Society
Social-ecological systems (SES) research has gained substantial momentum, as witnessed by the growth in SES publications, theories, and frameworks, and the traction these concepts have gained in development and policy arenas.
Amanda Manyani, Reinette Biggs, Lloyd Hill, Rika Preiser   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local understandings and global challenges: exploring sense of place in sustainability transitions

Ecology and Society, 2023
The sustainability transitions literature acknowledges the importance of place for building a more sustainable world. Although some researchers have studied place analytically and made contributions toward developing sustainable communities across the ...
Carson Balestreri, Elizabeth C. Kurucz, Thomas McIlwraith, Shoshanah Jacobs   +3 more
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Exploring relationality in African knowledge systems as a contribution to decoloniality in sustainability science

Ecosystems and People
The current solutions offered by Western sustainability science to address prevailing global environmental destruction and social injustice are still largely embedded in the Western knowledge system established by colonisation, limiting the efficacy of ...
Melanie Carstens, Rika Preiser
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 and school teachers in South Africa: Interfacing SDG3 (Health and Wellbeing) and SDG4 (Quality Education)

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
The COVID-19 pandemic destabilised the education sector worldwide exposing teachers to significant health risks, while disrupting their core responsibilities.
Godwell Nhamo, Hlengiwe Precious Kunene, Nthabiseng Mashula   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the transformative potential of urban food

npj Urban Sustainability, 2021
Urban food is a key lever for transformative change towards sustainability. While research reporting on the urban food practices (UFPs) in support of sustainability is increasing, the link towards transformative potential is lacking.
A. Hebinck, O. Selomane, E. Veen, A. de Vrieze, S. Hasnain, M. Sellberg, L. Sovová, K. Thompson, J. Vervoort, A. Wood   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source