This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective, it develops a whole system reconfiguration approach that explains how the incorporation of multiple innovations can cumulatively reconfigure existing systems. The book focuses on UK electricity, heat, and mobility systems, and it systematically analyses interactions between radical niche-innovations and existing (sub)systems across techno-economic, policy, and actor dimensions in the past three decades. Comparative analysis explains why the unfolding low-carbon transitions in these three systems vary in speed, scope, and depth. It evaluates to what degree these transitions qualify as Great Reconfigurations and assesses the future potential for, and barriers to, deeper low-carbon system transitions. Generalising across these systems, broader lessons are developed about the roles of incumbent firms, governance and politics, user engagement, wider public, and civil society organisations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptualising socio-technical system reconfiguration; 3. Methodology; 4. Electricity system; 5. Passenger mobility systems; 6. Heat domain; 7. Conclusions; References.
'One of the most exciting additions to sustainability science over the last decade has come from the vibrant community of researchers exploring historical transitions in socio-technical systems. In The Great Reconfiguration, two leaders of that community offer a lucid summary and extension of the relevant theory, use that theory to explain the complex co-evolution of today's interlinked production-consumption systems, and conclude with practical guidance for the interventions to promote more sustainable development pathways to the future.' William C. Clark, Harvard University
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Demonstrates a socio-technical reconfiguration approach to low-carbon system transitions for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781009198240
Publisert
2022-05-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
690 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400