Huxley, R, Owen, A orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-9319 and Chatterton, P orcid.org/0000-0001-9281-2230 (2019) The role of regime-level processes in closing the gap between sustainable city visions and action. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 33. pp. 115-126. ISSN 2210-4224
Abstract
There is an implementation gap between cities’ long-term sustainable visions and the short-term actions realised to achieve them. To accelerate sustainable urban transitions a greater understanding of the regime-level processes that enable or constrain translation between long-term visions and short-term action is required. Transition research to date has neglected regime processes, especially cultural-cognitive habits and heuristics, and the role of power and agency. To address this a novel analytical framework is proposed, with transition theory as the basis, additionally drawing on institutional and quasi-evolutionary theory. This framework is tested using Copenhagen as a case study, generating important insights; in particular that normative institutional processes are an effective means for regime actors to coordinate power, affect resource allocation, and impact selection pressures and adaptive capacity. The findings suggests that unless the institutional and quasi-evolutionary processes that drive action are re-configured in line with sustainable city visions then progress will be limited.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Sustainability transitions; Sustainable cities; Transition theory; Regime-level processes |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2019 12:32 |
Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2020 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.eist.2019.04.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144762 |
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