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Schilling, Thorsten, Romano Wyss, and Claudia Binder. "The Resilience of Sustainability Transitions." Sustainability 10, no. 12 (December 5, 2018): 4593. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124593.

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Finding ways to understand, analyze, and manage sustainability transitions is a fundamental challenge for sustainability science. In this paper, we show how we can substantially deepen our understanding of factors that determine the success of sustainability transitions by combining two key concepts from the resilience literature—stability and adaptability—with a dynamic understanding of the progress of socio-technical transitions. We propose a conceptual perspective for sustainability transitions, the resilience of sustainability transitions (RST) concept, which integrates progress, stability, and adaptability as key dimensions to comprehend the dynamics of sustainability transitions. In a case analysis of the energy transition process in the Austrian region of Weiz-Gleisdorf, we apply the concept. In doing so, we illustrate how RST thinking helps identify and understand crucial elements that influence the dynamics of a sustainability transition process.

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Marshall BEng, S. "Editorial: Sustainability in transition." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning 163, no. 3 (September 2010): 93–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/udap.2010.163.3.93.

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Milbrath, Lester W. "The transition to sustainability." Futures 25, no. 3 (April 1993): 360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-3287(93)90151-i.

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Koistinen, Katariina, and Satu Teerikangas. "The Debate If Agents Matter vs. the System Matters in Sustainability Transitions—A Review of the Literature." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (March 5, 2021): 2821. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052821.

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Transition studies is a growing discipline for addressing sustainability challenges. Traditionally, its focus has been at the system level. However, addressing sustainability challenges also requires attending to the role of agents in sustainability transitions. This is the focus adopted in this paper. We review the literature on agency in sustainability transitions, based on 77 journal articles on sustainability transitions listed in Scopus from 2014 to 2018. We find that agency is increasingly explored in the sustainability transitions literature. Despite this growing interest, this body of knowledge remains scattered in regard to typologies or theoretical framings. Our review leads us to identify three recurring themes. One theme drew our attention in particular: the transition research community is divided into those who argue that agency is sufficiently embedded in the transition literature and those who oppose this argument. Going forward, the dynamics of individual-level agency, including behaviors and motivation, deserve further attention.

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Ribeiro, Barbara, and James A. Turner. "Sustainability Buckets: A Flexible Heuristic for Facilitating Strategic Investment on Place-Dependent Sustainability Narratives." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 20, 2021): 9367. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13169367.

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This article presents a heuristic framework to help respond to gaps in knowledge construction in sustainability transitions. Transition theory publications highlight concerns ranging from contentious understandings of sustainability to the need for generalisable conceptual frameworks around how place specificity matters in transitions. The heuristic presented here is a flexible framework for developing place-dependent narratives of sustainability transitions grounded in investment choices. The sustainability buckets development resulted from the abduction and retroduction methods. It was also underpinned by a praxis-oriented mechanism from business (‘strategic investment buckets’), a transition theory conceptual framework (‘the multi-level perspective’—MLP), and a social sciences heuristic (‘sustainability cultures’). The sustainability buckets resulted from synthesising the critical literature with empirical findings drawn from two case studies in New Zealand. The heuristic proved helpful to navigate, organise, and code meanings and understandings of sustainability in the New Zealand agri-food context. It also helped facilitate dialogue with research participants from different backgrounds, such as government and business. The heuristic was designed to transform, remaining fit for purpose as transitions evolve. This article suggests the sustainability buckets could be used to enable investment opportunities for upscaling, reproducing, and transplanting transitions happening in distinct sectors and high-level systems.

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Morrissey, John E., and Patrick Heidkamp. "Coastal Sustainability II: Frontiers for Regional Transition Towards Sustainability Transitions in the Coastal Zone." Regions Magazine 308, no. 4 (September 2017): 9–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13673882.2017.11958668.

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Fernqvist, Niklas, and Mats Lundqvist. "Entrepreneurial Sustainability Engagement of Insiders Initiating Energy System Transition." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 14, 2021): 734. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020734.

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The central point in this article is that energy system transition can be initiated by a team of individuals interacting entrepreneurially beyond their different home-grounds in business, research, or regional development. Such entrepreneurial engagement of insiders with belongings to an established socio-technical system has not been captured in prevalent sustainability transitions or entrepreneurship perspectives. Insiders have mostly been expected to act within (and not outside) of their role expectations. This study investigates who individuals initiating energy transition are, what motives they have, and how they accomplish institutional change. The purpose is to qualify a perspective that can help us better appreciate how transitions, such as in energy systems, can be initiated. The new perspective recognizes the importance of insiders, their personal sustainability beliefs, their choice to teamwork entrepreneurially, and their narratives about the initiative affecting institutional change. It explains how transition in a heavily regulated Swedish energy system can occur. Implications are drawn for research, policy and entrepreneurial teamwork.

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The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. "Obesity and sustainability—in transition." Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 7, no. 3 (March 2019): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(19)30031-2.

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Belahsen, Rekia. "Nutrition transition and food sustainability." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 73, no. 3 (May 13, 2014): 385–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665114000135.

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The aim of the present paper is to review nutrition transition (NT) ongoing in low and middle income countries and the associated dietary changes. NT is accompanied by demographic and epidemiological transition associated with economic development and urbanisation. In these countries, while the problems of hunger and undernourishment persist, there is an escalation of diet-related non-communicable diseases; making them face both problems of malnutrition, under and overnutrition. Indeed, in addition to protein energy malnutrition underweight and micronutrient deficiencies affect a high proportion of children and women. Conversely, changes in dietary habits and physical activity patterns have led to emergence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, hyperlipidaemia, CHD and cancer. One possible explanation of weight gain and its associated health consequences is the trend of the consumption of already prepared meals and the restaurants that are in continuous development leading to high consumption of foods rich in sugar and fat. The health problems associated with NT have not spared populations in the Mediterranean area where the type of diet is reported to be healthy and to protect against cardiovascular risks. This is seen in North Africa that belongs also to the Mediterranean basin, where the nutritional situation raises the problem of traditional foods sustainability. Accurate nutritional policy and education are needed to redress the effects of malnutrition related to NT on health.

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Ruttan, V. W. "The transition to agricultural sustainability." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96, no. 11 (May 25, 1999): 5960–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.11.5960.

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Grace, William. "Engineering the transition to sustainability." Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering 16, no. 1 (November 18, 2019): 2–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14488388.2019.1693885.

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Throop, William, and Matt Mayberry. "Leadership for the Sustainability Transition." Business and Society Review 122, no. 2 (June 2017): 221–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/basr.12116.

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Ryszawska, Bożena. "Sustainability transition needs sustainable finance." Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting 5, no. 1 (August 3, 2016): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/cjfa.2016.011.

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Oelschlaeger, Max. "Ecosemiotics and the sustainability transition." Sign Systems Studies 29, no. 1 (December 31, 2001): 219–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.12697/sss.2001.29.1.14.

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The emerging epistemic community of ecosemioticians and the multidisciplinary field of inquiry known as ecosemiotics offer a radical and relevant approach to so-called global environmental crisis. There are no environmental fixes within the dominant code, since that code overdetermines the future, thereby perpetuating ecologically untenable cultural forms. The possibility of a sustainability transition (the attempt to overcome destitution and avoid ecocatastrophe) becomes real when mediated by and through ecosemiotics. In short, reflexive awareness of humankind's linguisticality is a necessary condition for transforming ecologically maladaptive cultural forms. As a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary research program integrating the human and natural sciences, ecosemiotic inquiry closes the gap between biophysical ecology and human ecology. A provisional outline of a pragmatic theory of ecoserniotics attempts to describe the processes by which adaptive cultural changes might be facilitated and points toward substantive content areas that constitute sites for further research. Ecosemiotic inquiry frames cultural codes as these shape and reproduce the ongoing stream of individual and societal choices that shape distinctively human existence in a larger context of biophysical realities that drive natural selection. However, while ecosemiotics is a necessary condition for the sustainability transition, it is not a sufficient condition.

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Sherren, K. "Higher environmental education: core disciplines and the transition to sustainability the transition to sustainability." Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 15, no. 3 (September 2008): 190–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2008.9725201.

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Williams, Stephen, and John Robinson. "Measuring sustainability: An evaluation framework for sustainability transition experiments." Environmental Science & Policy 103 (January 2020): 58–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.10.012.

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El Bilali, Hamid. "Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology." Open Agriculture 4, no. 1 (February 12, 2019): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opag-2019-0001.

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AbstractDifferent governments and international organizations have shown interest in agroecology as a promising pathway for transition to sustainable agriculture. However, the kinds of innovation needed for agro-ecological transition are subject to intense debate. The scale of this debate is itself an indicator of the complicated relation between innovation and sustainability in the agro-food arena and beyond. This review paper analyses the potential of agro-ecology in agricultural sustainability transitions. It also explores whether agro-ecological transition is a sustainable innovation (cf. ecological, green, open, social, responsible). Furthermore, the paper investigates the potential contribution of agro-ecological transition to sustainability, using the 3-D (Direction, Distribution and Diversity) model of the STEPS centre. Agroecology is one of the few approaches that can harmoniously combine innovation and sustainability in agriculture while promoting genuine transition to agro-food sustainability since it embraces all dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, social/cultural/ethical). Nevertheless, it can be taken for granted neither that all traditional practices can be classified as ‘agro-ecological’ nor that all farmer-led innovations can be included in the agro-ecological repertoire. Moreover, the relationship between the three aspirations of agroecology (science, movement and practice) needs further elaboration in order to maximise potential for agriculture transition.

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El Bilali, Hamid. "Transition heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions." Environment, Development and Sustainability 22, no. 3 (November 8, 2018): 1693–728. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0290-0.

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Melillo, Jerry M., Nancy B. Grimm, and William H. Schlesinger. "Ecology and the transition to sustainability." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3, no. 1 (February 2005): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0003:eattts]2.0.co;2.

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Adams, William M. "Conservation, carbon and transition to sustainability." Oryx 42, no. 04 (October 2008): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605308423104.

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Boddey, Robert M., Deise F. Xavier, Bruno J. R. Alves, and Segundo Urquiaga. "Brazilian Agriculture: The Transition to Sustainability." Journal of Crop Production 9, no. 1-2 (January 2003): 593–621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j144v09n01_10.

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Parson, Edward A., and Eric L. Kravitz. "Market Instruments for the Sustainability Transition." Annual Review of Environment and Resources 38, no. 1 (October 17, 2013): 415–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-061311-111640.

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Ashbury, Fred. "Editorial—“Transition, change, growth, and sustainability”." Supportive Care in Cancer 17, no. 1 (November 27, 2008): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-008-0534-x.

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Morone, Piergiuseppe. "Sustainability Transition towards a Biobased Economy: Defining, Measuring and Assessing." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (July 26, 2018): 2631. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082631.

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This Special Issue proposes an array of 11 key papers aimed at investigating the complex and multifaceted nature of the biobased economy, focusing both on a conceptual understanding of the transition and on the measurement issues associated to it. More specifically, collected papers can be broadly divided in two groups: (1) those aiming at adding to our understanding of the transition process towards a sustainable biobased economy; and (2) those aiming at adding to the definition and measurement of the emerging sustainable biobased economy. In the guest editor view, papers collected in this Special Issue offer valuable and complementary insights to our understanding of the ongoing transition towards a biobased economy, providing a logical framework to understand the transitions, as well as an overview of existing tools to assess and measure it. Ideally, policy makers will benefit from the papers included in this Special Issue and, hopefully, it will contribute to make a further step to the much-needed transition towards sustainability.

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Augenstein, Karoline, and Franziska Stelzer. "Exploring Transition Research as Transformative Science: International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2016." GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 71–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.14512/gaia.25.1.18.

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Hale, Jacob, and Suzanna Long. "A Time Series Sustainability Assessment of a Partial Energy Portfolio Transition." Energies 14, no. 1 (December 29, 2020): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14010141.

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Energy portfolios are overwhelmingly dependent on fossil fuel resources that perpetuate the consequences associated with climate change. Therefore, it is imperative to transition to more renewable alternatives to limit further harm to the environment. This study presents a univariate time series prediction model that evaluates sustainability outcomes of partial energy transitions. Future electricity generation at the state-level is predicted using exponential smoothing and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA). The best prediction results are then used as an input for a sustainability assessment of a proposed transition by calculating carbon, water, land, and cost footprints. Missouri, USA was selected as a model testbed due to its dependence on coal. Of the time series methods, ARIMA exhibited the best performance and was used to predict annual electricity generation over a 10-year period. The proposed transition consisted of a one-percent annual decrease of coal’s portfolio share to be replaced with an equal share of solar and wind supply. The sustainability outcomes of the transition demonstrate decreases in carbon and water footprints but increases in land and cost footprints. Decision makers can use the results presented here to better inform strategic provisioning of critical resources in the context of proposed energy transitions.

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Benson, Sally M., and Franklin M. Orr. "Sustainability and Energy Conversions." MRS Bulletin 33, no. 4 (April 2008): 297–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrs2008.257.

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AbstractA sustainable global energy system requires a transition away from energy sources with high greenhouse emissions. Vast energy resources are available to meet our needs, and technology pathways for making this transition exist. Lowering the cost and increasing the reliability and quality of energy from sustainable energy sources will facilitate this transition. Changing the world's energy systems is a huge challenge, but it is one that can be undertaken now with improvements in energy efficiency and with continuing deployment of a variety of technologies. Numerous opportunities exist for research in material sciences to contribute to this global-scale challenge.

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Lopes, Catia, Annibal Scavarda, Guilherme Vaccaro, Christopher Pohlmann, and André Korzenowski. "Perspective of Business Models and Innovation for Sustainability Transition in Hospitals." Sustainability 11, no. 1 (December 20, 2018): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11010005.

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Hospitals have valuable resources but are have facedsignificant changes over recentdecades. The adoption of principles that drive the strategic development of business models as innovation is imperative in these institutions. This research study aims to articulate a conceptual review of business models, innovation, and sustainability transition in the context of health business. It proposes a model for future applications in hospitals. This proposed model emphasizes the relations that arise under the multiple-level perspective. It also addresses the evolution of the concepts of business models and innovation that might contribute to the sustainability transition movement once new sociotechnical systems get space in these organizations. The main results of this conceptual review are the multiple depictions of internal and external elements that mutually interact to describe the dynamics of transitions. In the landscape level, elements such as ecological modernization and corporate social responsibility interact with elements of the regime level—legal, technological, and efficiency aspects—and with the niche’s aspects, represented by transitions from low to high quality and efficiency in services. This proposed model is justified by the lack of studies that address the sustainability transition models in hospitals and by its potential of adaption to particular contexts.

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Holmberg, John, and Johan Larsson. "A Sustainability Lighthouse—Supporting Transition Leadership and Conversations on Desirable Futures." Sustainability 10, no. 11 (October 23, 2018): 3842. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10113842.

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Central in leadership for sustainability transitions is the capability to create transformative momentum in a sustainable (desirable) direction, calling for meaningful conversations on sustainable futures. The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual framework to inspire and support such conversations. A qualitative literature review of sustainability conceptualizations was conducted, followed by a thematic analysis. The resulting framework consists of an overarching question and an accompanying set of categories for four sustainability dimensions: the social, the economic, the ecological, and ‘human needs and wellbeing’. Furthermore, the framework is visualized as a lighthouse for pedagogical reasons. We foresee that the lighthouse might be of value in processes guiding socio-technical transitions towards sustainability in three different ways: (1) by attempting to bridge the issue of ‘transition’ with that of ‘sustainability’; (2) as part of a backcasting process; and (3) modes of transdisciplinary research where relevant actors take part in the conversation. The study is related to over 20 years of experience from working with a backcasting approach engaging with sustainability transitions in a variety of processes. We invite further dialogue on how one may approach the concept of sustainability to inspire and support conversations on sustainable futures.

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Olweny, Mark. "Introducing sustainability into an architectural curriculum in East Africa." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 19, no. 6 (September 3, 2018): 1131–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-02-2018-0039.

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Purpose This paper aims seeks to reflect on the transition of a school of architecture to incorporate sustainability principles as a core part of its undergraduate (Part I) programme. The paper offers a brief overview of the processes undertaken and outcomes of this to an integrated problem-based learning approach and with sustainability at its core changing both knowledge content and pedagogical approaches. Design/methodology/approach Reflecting on the transition to a sustainability-based curriculum, this paper makes use of a mixed methods approach incorporating a review of literature on sustainability in architectural education, pedagogical approaches and epistemology, as well as educational issues in sub-Saharan Africa. The main study made use of an ethnographic approach, including document analysis, interviews, observations and one-on-one informal interactions with students, faculty and alumni. Findings While the transition to a sustainability-based curriculum was achieved, with integrated studio courses at second- and third-year levels, this did not come without challenges. Divided opinions of formal education, linked to preconceived ideas of what constituted architectural education led to some resistance from students and professionals. Nevertheless, the programme serves as testament to what is achievable and provides some lessons to schools seeking to transition programmes in the future. Practical implications The paper contributes to discourses on sustainability in architectural education, examining the transition taken by an architectural programme to incorporate sustainability as a core part of its curriculum. The outcomes of this process provide advice that could be useful to schools of architecture seeking to integrate sustainability into their programmes. Originality/value As the first architecture programme in East Africa to integrate sustainability principles into its programme, this study provides an insight into the processes, experiences and outcomes of this transition. This reflective engagement highlights value of an enabling environment in any transitional process.

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Gaziulusoy, İdil, and Elif Erdoğan Öztekin. "Design for Sustainability Transitions: Origins, Attitudes and Future Directions." Sustainability 11, no. 13 (June 30, 2019): 3601. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11133601.

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Sustainability transitions have formed a vast body of literature on theory and practice of transforming socio-technical systems to achieve sustainability over the past few decades. Lately, a new area has been emerging in the design for the sustainability field, where sustainability transitions theories are integrated with design theory, education and practice. This emerging area is referred to as design for sustainability transitions or transition design. In order to build an understanding of the emergence and growth of this area, this article presents an overview of origins, development and current status of design for sustainability transitions drawing on key contributions. We also provide a comparative analysis of these key contributions in regards to their theoretical underpinnings, definitions of sustainability, conceptual framings for the roles of design(ers) and premises of methods and applications.

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Fastenrath, Sebastian, and Boris Braun. "Lost in Transition? Directions for an Economic Geography of Urban Sustainability Transitions." Sustainability 10, no. 7 (July 12, 2018): 2434. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10072434.

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Socio-technical transitions towards more sustainable modes of production and consumption are receiving increasing attention in the academic world and also from political and economic decision-makers. There is increasing demand for resource-efficient technologies and institutional innovations, particularly at the city level. However, it is widely unclear how processes of change evolve and develop and how they are embedded in different socio-spatial contexts. While numerous scholars have contributed to the vibrant research field around sustainability transitions, the geographical expertise largely has been ignored. The lack of knowledge about the role of spatial contexts, learning processes, and the co-evolution of technological, economical, and socio-political processes has been prominently addressed. Bridging approaches from Transition Studies and perspectives of Economic Geography, the paper presents conceptual ideas for an evolutionary and relational understanding of urban sustainability transitions. The paper introduces new perspectives on sustainability transitions towards a better understanding of socio-spatial contexts.

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Wooltorton, Sandra, Marilyn Palmer, and Fran Steele. "A Process for Transition to Sustainability: Implementation." Australian Journal of Environmental Education 27, no. 1 (2011): 160–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s081406260000015x.

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AbstractThis paper reports the outcomes of the second action cycle of an ongoing project at Edith Cowan University (ECU) called Transition to Sustainability: ECU South West which is located in a small, single faculty regional university campus. The overall project has comprised three action research cycles, the frst of which was the planning cycle which established the importance of building a community of practice with a learning stance for sustainability transition. It also highlighted the issue of a common defnition of the term sustainability; of including cross-disciplinary perspectives; and of working with the local community. The second action cycle which was the frst implementation phase, is the subject of this report. In this phase, we found that by not foreclosing on the meaning of sustainability, important aspects of sustainability were included. Although research participants initially expressed some concern about using an open understanding of sustainability, the problem of the meaning functioned to foster involvement in dialogue. In fact, these ongoing discussions around sustainability and the notion of a sustainable future formed the heart of this action cycle. However there were constraints associated with the subject of dialogue. These included problems of site communication, the maintenance of effective networks and issues around power and authorisation. We observed that each of these elements could work together in ways that enrich and/or obstruct a transition to sustainability. Finally, we found that lack of time hinders participation in sustainability transition projects because of its effect on authentic dialogue, thereby impacting upon the development of collaborative ways of working within the university. Our project is distinctively Australian in that it reflects an emerging movement in Australia to create social frameworks for embedding sustainability education activities. In our project, the transition process by which learning and change has been facilitated comprises the action research itself.

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El Bilali, Hamid. "The Multi-Level Perspective in Research on Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture and Food Systems: A Systematic Review." Agriculture 9, no. 4 (April 10, 2019): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9040074.

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The multi-level perspective (MLP) is a prominent transition framework. The MLP posits that transitions come about through interaction processes within and among three analytical levels: niches, socio-technical regimes and a socio-technical landscape. This systematic review provides an overview on the use of the MLP in research on agro-food sustainability transitions. In particular, it analyses the understanding, conceptualisation and operationalisation of niches, regimes and landscapes. Niches considered in the selected papers include agro-ecology, organic agriculture, permaculture, conservation agriculture, integrated farming, and alternative food networks. Regime refers to industrial, conventional agriculture. The researched regime is often not clearly described and its operationalisation is a matter of deliberation. Landscape level is generally overlooked; when it is considered it refers to international trends and developments. Many scholars highlight the inadequacy of transition pathways in the MLP for the agro-food sector. Moreover, transition impacts are rarely addressed and the research field generally overlooks the analysis of the sustainability of niches and, consequently, of transitions. Research on transitions in the agro-food sector borrows from the MLP its generalizability and poor empirical operationalisation of niche, regime and landscape concepts. Therefore, integrative conceptualisation and operationalisation of the MLP elements is required to accommodate the complexity of sustainability transition processes and the peculiarities of the agro-food system.

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Sondeijker, Saartje, Jac Geurts, Jan Rotmans, and Arnold Tukker. "Imagining sustainability: the added value of transition scenarios in transition management." Foresight 8, no. 5 (September 2006): 15–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14636680610703063.

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Loorbach, Derk, and Katinka Wijsman. "Business transition management: exploring a new role for business in sustainability transitions." Journal of Cleaner Production 45 (April 2013): 20–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.002.

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Vermunt, D. A., S. O. Negro, F. S. J. Van Laerhoven, P. A. Verweij, and M. P. Hekkert. "Sustainability transitions in the agri-food sector: How ecology affects transition dynamics." Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 36 (September 2020): 236–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.06.003.

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Weiland, Sabine. "Sustainability transitions in transition countries: forest policy reforms in South-eastern Europe." Environmental Policy and Governance 20, no. 6 (November 2010): 397–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eet.558.

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Lambin, Eric F., Hajin Kim, Jim Leape, and Kai Lee. "Scaling up Solutions for a Sustainability Transition." One Earth 3, no. 1 (July 2020): 89–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.010.

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Green, Christopher J., Mark J. Holmes, and Tadeusz Kowalski. "Poland: a successful transition to budget sustainability?" Emerging Markets Review 2, no. 2 (June 2001): 161–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1566-0141(01)00015-2.

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Clark, William C. "Research Systems for a Transition Toward Sustainability." GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 10, no. 4 (December 1, 2001): 264–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14512/gaia.10.4.9.

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de Gooyert, Vincent, Etiënne Rouwette, Hans van Kranenburg, Edward Freeman, and Harry van Breen. "Sustainability transition dynamics: Towards overcoming policy resistance." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 111 (October 2016): 135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.06.019.

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Deleye, Maarten, Katrien Van Poeck, and Thomas Block. "Lock-ins and opportunities for sustainability transition." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 20, no. 7 (November 4, 2019): 1109–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-09-2018-0160.

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Purpose This study aims to provide an overview of sustainability in Flemish higher education (HE) by using the multi-level perspective (MLP) on sustainability transitions for a comprehensive empirical analysis of how sustainability is embedded in Flemish HE. Design/methodology/approach MLP was used as analytical framework to study the case and allow a focus on the interplay between innovative experiments in niche-practices, the characteristics of the prevailing regime (dominant structures, cultures and practices) and macro-trends at the landscape level. The data were collected through document analyses, surveys, in-depth interviews and a focus group. The empirical analysis was complemented with an extensive literature study. Findings In all, 9 landscape trends, 21 regime characteristics and 5 types of niches are identified. Furthermore, the multi-level analysis revealed 5 important lock-ins in the dominant regime that impede the upscaling of sustainable niches, 5 internal contradictions that destabilise the regime and can thus create windows of opportunity for niches to become viable alternatives and 16 opportunities for further embedding sustainability in HE. Originality/value The paper gives an original insight into the complexities of integrating sustainability in HE, highlights the important role of policy entrepreneurs to grasp emerging opportunities and offers them insight into how to create momentum and identify and fruitfully address windows of opportunity for a sustainability transition. It shows the potential and limits of the MLP for research on HE and outlines prospects for future research.

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Chen, Yang, Cleber Dutra, and Richard Sanders. "Institutional constraints on China's transition to sustainability." International Journal of Green Economics 2, no. 2 (2008): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2008.019996.

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Redaktion, TATuP. "Sustainable services and systems: transition towards sustainability." TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis 10, no. 2 (June 1, 2001): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.14512/tatup.10.2.156b.

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Kates, Robert W., and Thomas M. Parris. "Long-term trends and a sustainability transition." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100, no. 14 (June 26, 2003): 8062–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1231331100.

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Kemp, René. "Technology and the transition to environmental sustainability." Futures 26, no. 10 (December 1994): 1023–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-3287(94)90071-x.

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Aliabadi, Majid Moradi, and Yinlun Huang. "Vector-Based Sustainability Analytics: A Methodological Study on System Transition toward Sustainability." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55, no. 12 (December 28, 2015): 3239–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03391.

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Pysmenna, U., G. Trypolska, T. Kurbatova, and O. Kubatko. "FACTORS OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS MANAGEMENT IN THE UKRAINIAN ENERGY SECTOR." Vìsnik Sumsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu, no. 3 (2020): 149–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/1817-9215.2020.3-16.

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The article considers the preconditions for sustainable development of the energy sector from the standpoint of political and economic basis of energy transitions, actualizes and reveals the scientific problem of the impact of socio-technical transitions, in particular energy, on economic sustainability. It is determined that the task of assessing the efficiency of the energy system as a set of criteria for achieving a compromise of interests, stability and reliability of energy markets is best solved by assessing energy sustainability. Problems and ways to intensify the use of energy policy levers to promote sustainable energy transitions have been identified. It is determined that with the help of sustainable energy transitions the state is able to overcome its own inefficiency of energy conversion and consumption and to demonstrate the phenomenon of decoupling (economic growth without significant growth of energy consumption). Energy policies and strategies as means of energy transition management are considered: creation of preconditions for their occurrence; acceleration / deceleration, support of current transittions; minimization of negative external factors and social factors of vulnerability to changes in socio-technical regimes; maintaining an optimal energy balance. A deeper understanding of the process of energy transition management, vulnerability of energy systems under their influence has been achieved. Three key factors of energy transition management in order to strengthen the level of energy sustainability and ensure sustainable development of the economy: the course (flow) of transitions, the vulnerability of the economic system under their influence and the level of sustainability of energy transitions. Effective management of such transitions with the help of these factors can be a guarantee of sustainable development not only of the energy sector but also of the economy as a whole and create the conditions for its transition to a sustainable and circular type of development. The management of energy transitions in the energy sector of Ukraine is analyzed on the example of diversification of electricity supply through the operation of small solar power plants in private households.

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Dobrotă, Rotaru, Nicolescu, and Marin. "Improving the Sustainability of the Manufacturing Process by Constructively Optimizing the Parts “Transition Type Fitting”." Sustainability 11, no. 19 (October 1, 2019): 5450. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11195450.

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Transition type fittings are components often used in the transport facilities of fluid, and which allow the passage from a polyethylene (PE) pipe to a metal pipe. Within the paper, there was carried out a sustainability analysis of the manufacturing process for four types of existing transition fittings, and based upon the findings, there was proposed another type of transition fitting. For this new type of transition fitting, both a sustainability analysis and a finite element method (FEM) analysis were performed. Thus, based upon the analysis, there was found that the new constructive variant of transitional fitting is much more sustainable in the sense that the cost of processing has decreased from 0.77 Euros/part to 0.20 Euros/part, and this proposed transition fitting is resistant to tensile stress at a force of 25,800 N, a very large force that shows that the adopted assembly, for this new type of transition fitting will not yield during the operation.

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