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Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies
Bernhard Truffer,Lars Coenen +1 more
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Truffer et al. as mentioned in this paper reviewed salient lines of sustainability-related research in regional studies, and specified promising researc... and pointed out a field of future research that might be beneficially laboured by both traditions.Abstract:
Truffer B. and Coenen L. Environmental innovation and sustainability transitions in regional studies, Regional Studies. Sustainable development and environmental innovations have received increasing attention in regional studies and the related literature. In how far sustainability concerns might also lead to fundamental transformations in technologies, industries and lifestyles (so-called sustainability transitions) has, however, found much less resonance. Sustainability transitions have been in the focus of scholars from the field of innovation studies. However, until recently, these approaches mostly disregarded spatial aspects. This paper therefore maps out a field of future research – the geography of sustainability transitions – that might be beneficially laboured by both traditions. The paper introduces the core concepts, but also the limitations of the transitions literature. After reviewing salient lines of sustainability-related research in regional studies, the paper specifies promising researc...read more
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Sustainability transitions: an emerging field of research and its prospects
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