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The geography of sustainability transitions

Contours of an emerging theme

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ID6057797
AuthorsBernhard Truffer (0000-0002-8635-0911), James T Murphy (0000-0002-0502-5771), Rob Raven (0000-0002-6330-0831)
Year2015
Volume17
Pages63-72
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2210-4224 • E-ISSN: 2210-4232
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.eist.2015.07.004
OpenAlexW1048790212
LanguageEN
Citations received167
References cited32

Cartography · Economic geography · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Geography · Management science · Perspective (graphical · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Stock (firearms · Sustainability · Theme (computing · Transition (genetics · Value (mathematics · Vitality · Computer Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Ecology

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  • Towards a typology of intermediaries in sustainability transitions

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  • Urban experimentation and institutional arrangements

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  • Global socio-technical regimes

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  • Reconfiguring Urban Sustainability Transitions, Analysing Multiplicity

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  • Green growth – A synthesis of scientific findings

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  • Regional innovation policies for new path development – beyond neo-liberal and traditional systemic views

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  • A multidimensional well-being framework for just transitions

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  • Pinning down Urban Acupuncture

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  • The role of regional innovation systems in mission-oriented innovation policy

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  • Linking local environmental change to technology adoption and agroecological transition

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  • Domesticating sustainability transitions

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  • Not all twins are identical

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  • Conceptualising the foundations of sustainability focused innovation policy

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  • Will power be local? The role of local power organizations in energy transition acceleration

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  • Examining the spatialities of artificial intelligence and robotics in transitions to more sustainable urban mobilities

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  • Implementing sustainability transitions at the city level

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  • Building (and breaking) ties

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  • ‘If not institutions, who?’ Institutional agency in inner areas to address transformational failures

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  • The role of supply chains for the sustainability transformation of global food systems

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  • Global pressures vs. local embeddedness

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  • Households in sustainability transitions

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  • Conceptualising energy geographies in East Africa

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  • Engaging with climate adaptation in transition studies

    Open Access•Laura Kuhl•Environmental Innovation and…•2021

  • Steaming ahead while also losing pressure? Examining the roles of the state in Kenya’s geothermal energy transition

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  • Functional analysis of technological innovation system with inclusion of sectoral and spatial perspectives

    Open Access•Tatiana Nevzorova•Environmental Innovation and…•2022

  • Innovation policy for sustainability transitions in small economies

    Open Access•Gloria Wenting Luo, Viktória Döme et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2024

  • Agency, directionality, location and the geographic situatedness of knowledge making

    Open Access•Sam Unsworth, Helene Ahlborg et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2023

  • Entry points for driving systemic change toward a more sustainable future

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  • Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions

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  • Are peripheral regions in troubled waters for sustainability transitions? A systematic analysis of the literature

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  • Future green economies and regional development

    David Gibbs, Kirstie O’neill•Regional Studies•2016

  • Shaping the directionality of sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Kejia Yang, Johan Schot et al.•Regional Studies•2021

  • China’s digital and green (twin) transition

    Open Access•Chris Brueck, Sebastian Losacker et al.•Regional Studies•2024

  • Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities

    Zhen Yu, David Gibbs•Regional Studies•2017

  • From path dependence to policy mixes for Nordic electric mobility

    Open Access•Kirsi Kotilainen, Pami Aalto et al.•Policy Sciences•2019

  • Embedding European citizen visions in sustainability transition

    Open Access•Kaisa Matscho, Kaisa Matschoss et al.•Futures•2019

  • Val d’Hérens (Suisse)

    Open Access•Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard, Caterina Franco et al.•Revue de géographie alpine•2024

  • Val d’Hérens (Switzerland)

    Open Access•Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard, Caterina Franco et al.•Revue de géographie alpine•2024

  • Disruption and recovery of intangible resources during environmental crises

    Open Access•Gemma Sou, Richard Webber et al.•Geoforum•2019

  • Situating community energy in development history

    Open Access•Huei-Ling Lai•Geoforum•2019

  • Houses of cards and concrete

    Open Access•Ravi Jayaweera, Harald Rohracher et al.•Geoforum•2023

  • Compulsive policy-making—The evolution of the German feed-in tariff system for solar photovoltaic power

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  • Innovation studies and sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Adrian Smith, Jan-Peter Voß et al.•Research Policy•2010

  • The politics and policy of energy system transformation—explaining the German diffusion of renewable energy technology

    Open Access•Staffan Jacobsson, Volkmar Lauber•Energy Policy•2006

  • Places and Spaces of Sustainability Transitions

    Lars Coenen, Bernhard Truffer•European Planning Studies•2012

  • Can cities shape socio-technical transitions and how would we know if they were?

    Open Access•M Hodson, Simon Marvin•Research Policy•2010

  • Sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Jochen Markard, Rob Raven et al.•Research Policy•2012

  • The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions

    Open Access•Adrian Smith, Andy Stirling et al.•Research Policy•2005

  • The geography of sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Teis Hansen, Lars Coenen•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Socio-technical regimes and sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Mary Lawhon, James T Murphy•Progress in Human Geography•2011

  • Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies

    Bernhard Truffer, Lars Coenen•Regional Studies•2012

  • What about the politics? Sustainable development, transition management, and long term energy transitions

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  • Transnational linkages in sustainability experiments

    Open Access•Anna J Wieczorek, Anna Wieczorek et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Dynamics of a policy-driven market

    Open Access•Rainer Quitzow•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Toward a spatial perspective on niche development

    Open Access•Frans Sengers, Rob Raven•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Introduction

    Open Access•Klaus Rennings•Environmental Innovation and…•2014

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    Open Access•Sjoerd Bakker, Jacco Farla•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Transitioning the food system

    Open Access•Nevin Cohen, Rositsa T Ilieva•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Space and scale in socio-technical transitions

    Open Access•Rob Raven, Johan Schot et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2012

  • Trajectories of sustainability transitions in scale-transcending innovation systems

    Open Access•Ulrich Dewald, Martina Fromhold‐eisebith et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Human geography and socio-technical transition studies

    Open Access•James T Murphy•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • A comparison of the neo-Schumpeterian theory of Kondratiev waves and the multi-level perspective on transitions

    Open Access•Jonathan Köhler•Environmental Innovation and…•2012

  • Niche construction and empowerment through socio-political work. A meta-analysis of six low-carbon technology cases

    Open Access•Rob Raven, Friederike Kern et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2016

  • Economic-financial crisis and sustainability transition

    Open Access•Jeroen C J M Van Den Bergh•Environmental Innovation and…•2013

  • Towards an 'alternative' geography of innovation

    Open Access•Noel Longhurst•Environmental Innovation and…•2015

  • Environmental innovation and societal transitions

    Open Access•J C J M Van Den Bergh, Bernhard Truffer et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2011

  • Society, Technology, and Region

    Open Access•Bernhard Truffer•Environment and Planning A…•2008

  • Power in Transition

    Open Access•Flor Avelino, Jan Rotmans•European Journal of Social Theory•2009

  • Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions

    Open Access•Frank W Geels•Theory Culture & Society•2014

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Citations per year15,18
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 164

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