Essays about: "socio-technical transition theory"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words socio-technical transition theory.
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16. To Cities in the Global South, From Sweden with Love
University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och industriell dynamikAbstract : Rapid urbanization and limited resources is creating enormous challenges to cities in the global South, which has been increasingly acknowledged as a motivation for international cooperation in recent years. Both theory and practice have however paid little attention to how differences in geographical contexts and views on what sustainability is play out in such cooperation. READ MORE
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17. [Em]powering communities? : explaining the changing role and nature of Costa Rica’s cooperatives from successful community-led rural electrification to failing community-led electricity generation
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Concerns about energy-related emissions and energy dependence and security while also achieving the SDGs are fuelling the rising interest in socio-technical transitions towards more sustainable energy systems. Community energy projects have been proposed as a tool for this transition to renewable energy, but little is known about its potential to foster the wider transformation of the energy system. READ MORE
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18. Caught in Diversification : methodological pluralism to review and investigate local climate mitigation actions in Taichung City, Taiwan
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Climate change as an environmental and social phenomenon exacerbates the increasing ecological strain on Earth. Therefore, a plethora of measures is needed to get onto a more sustainable track towards a low-carbon society. We need to act fast as we are approaching the point of no return. READ MORE
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19. A Case Study on the Socio-Technical Configuration of Car-Sharing in the City of Malmö
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract: Previous research has found car-sharing schemes to have great potential, internationally and locally, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the personal transport sector, and contain significant locally bounded advantages with implications for improved urban sustainable mobility and more efficient land-use. The aim of the paper is to explore how and why shared mobility services, specifically car-sharing, have emerged and grown as a niche-innovation in the context of Malmö, Sweden, and to look at how the presence of car-sharing has impacted the reproduction of mobility patterns among households in the residential area of Fullriggaren. READ MORE
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20. Competence Assessment of Air Traffic Controllers: A transition from Safety-I to Safety-II
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : The reality in terms of operational competence has changed. The past tradition of assessing procedural compliance of the individual Air Traffic Controller is today challenged in a dynamic and intractable socio-technical system like Air Traffic Management. READ MORE
