The geography of sustainability transitions: Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field
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The geography of sustainability transitions : Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field. / Hansen, Teis; Coenen, Lars.
I: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Bind 17, 12.2015, s. 92-109.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The geography of sustainability transitions
T2 - Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field
AU - Hansen, Teis
AU - Coenen, Lars
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - This review covers the recent literature on the geography of sustainability transitions and takes stock with achieved theoretical and empirical insights. The review synthesises and reflects upon insights of relevance for sustainability transitions following from analyses of the importance of place specificity and the geography of inter-organisational relations. It is found that these contributions focus on the geography of niche development rather than regime dynamics, and that there is an emphasis on understanding the importance of place-specificity at the local level. While there is a wide consensus that place-specificity matters there is still little generalisable knowledge about how place-specificity matters for transitions. Most contributions add spatial sensitivity to frameworks from the transitions literature, but few studies suggest alternative frameworks to study sustainability transitions. To address this, the review suggests promising avenues for future research on the geography of sustainability transitions, drawing on recent theoretical advancements in economic geography.
AB - This review covers the recent literature on the geography of sustainability transitions and takes stock with achieved theoretical and empirical insights. The review synthesises and reflects upon insights of relevance for sustainability transitions following from analyses of the importance of place specificity and the geography of inter-organisational relations. It is found that these contributions focus on the geography of niche development rather than regime dynamics, and that there is an emphasis on understanding the importance of place-specificity at the local level. While there is a wide consensus that place-specificity matters there is still little generalisable knowledge about how place-specificity matters for transitions. Most contributions add spatial sensitivity to frameworks from the transitions literature, but few studies suggest alternative frameworks to study sustainability transitions. To address this, the review suggests promising avenues for future research on the geography of sustainability transitions, drawing on recent theoretical advancements in economic geography.
KW - Geography
KW - Place
KW - Scale
KW - Space
KW - Sustainability transitions
U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2014.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2014.11.001
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84941180282
VL - 17
SP - 92
EP - 109
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
SN - 2210-4224
ER -
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