Lang, R, Chatterton, P orcid.org/0000-0001-9281-2230 and Mullins, D (2020) Grassroots innovations in community-led housing in England: the role and evolution of intermediaries. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 12 (1). pp. 52-72. ISSN 1946-3138
Abstract
The paper aims to take forward recent research concerning the development of grassroots innovations and sustainability transitions in housing. We introduce and empirically assess a multi-level, process-oriented framework informed by strategic niche management (SNM) and social capital theory. Drawing on qualitative data, the empirical part explores the emergence of community-led housing (CLH) in England as a grassroots-based housing niche which operates in a context of market dysfunction. The paper offers further conceptual development of the role of intermediaries in grassroots niche building. Our findings suggest an evolution from independent sub-niche umbrellas to broader-based intermediaries to leverage and consolidate different sustainability practices in the niche. The results question an unadapted application of the simplistic growth-oriented SNM approach advocating for strategic coherence. In particular, our analysis shows that the development of broader-based intermediary organisations is driven by short-term government funding and carefully preserves the diversity of approaches and identities within the niche.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Community-led housing, sustainability transitions, grassroots innovations, niche development, social capital, intermediaries, cooperative housing, multi-level perspective, strategic niche management |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2019 16:15 |
Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2020 00:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19463138.2019.1663525 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151251 |