Local authorities as niche actors: the case of energy governance in the UK

Fudge, Shane; Peters, Michael; Woodman, Bridget

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2015.06.004

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“…Other authors ( [11,12,14] stress the importance of local governments for a successful transition to renewable-energy sources. Taking both arguments together, it becomes obvious from the empirical results obtained during the workshops in Enschede that the COLLAGE tool can be an important building block towards a new local energy governance [19], helping to overcome known barriers of community-related social acceptance as identified by Sovacool and Lakshmi Ratan [8].…”

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An Interactive Planning Support Tool for Addressing Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Projects in The Netherlands

Flacke

Boer

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:The implementation of renewable energy policies is lagging behind in The Netherlands. While several Dutch cities have ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the implementation of renewable energy projects has been rather slow. The main reasons for this are the limited institutional capacities of local decision-makers, low levels of social acceptance of renewable-energy technologies, and limited opportunities for engagement of communities in decision-making processes. In order to address these issues we have developed an interactive planning support tool named COLLAGE for stakeholder participation in local renewable-energy planning. The goal of this paper is to analyze whether the COLLAGE tool helps to increase community engagement in renewable-energy projects and planning by increasing awareness and addressing social learning issues related to renewable-energy options. We tested the tool in a series of workshops with stakeholders and citizens from the city of Enschede, The Netherlands. The workshop results show that the tool helped involve stakeholders and communities in deciding where to locate renewable-energy facilities. It increased community members' awareness of the benefits of and requirements for renewable energy by disclosing the spatial consequences of overall municipal goals. We conclude that the COLLAGE tool can be an important building block towards new local energy governance.

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An Interactive Planning Support Tool for Addressing Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Projects in The Netherlands

Flacke

Boer

2017

IJGI

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“…However, despite the relevance of municipal governments in fostering or obstructing MSWM sustainability transitions [44,45], most empirical studies have focused on the energy [46,47], sanitation [48,49] and mobility sectors [50,51]. Furthermore, there is a lack of research on solid waste management transitions in developing countries, particularly in Latin America [52].…”

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Sustainability Transitions in the Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems of Bolivian Cities: Evidence from La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Lazo

Gasparatos

2019

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Municipal solid waste management (MWSM) systems have been evolving across most of the developing world. However, despite decades of refinement, they are still underperforming in many cities, leading to negative sustainability impacts in rapidly urbanizing cities of the global South. Despite similarities in the observed transitions between developed and developing countries, there are important differences in their characteristics and underlying drivers. This study aims to unravel the sustainability transitions of the MSWM systems in the two major cities of Bolivia, La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, illustrating the role of various actors, and specifically local governments. This is achieved through the analysis of secondary data and expert interviews with stakeholders involved in different aspects of the MSWM system at the national and local level. We identify three partially overlapping sustainability transitions in the two cities, namely “Collection and centralized disposal”, “Environmentally controlled disposal”, and “Integrated solid waste management”. However, timelines, speed and elements of these transitions are somewhat different between cities, largely due to their inherent characteristics, institutions and stakeholder dynamics. Many technological, socioeconomic, and institutional factors converge to facilitate and hinder these transitions, including interactions of government and private sector actors, and the country’s broader political context.

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“…A special perspective is one on actors that perform as change agents of the dominant institutional arrangements, so-called institutional entrepreneurs. These include powerful individuals and organizations, for instance city governments, which have an interest in particular institutional arrangements and develop activities to create new institutions or adjust existing ones by institutionalizing alternative practices, rules and logics (Battilana et al 2009;Lawrence et al 2011;Bulkeley et al 2016;Fudge et al 2016;Kukk et al 2016). Such important actors may emerge and while creating new or adapting existing dominant institutional arrangements, they may support transitional change.…”

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confidence: 99%