Local niche planning and its strategic implications for implementation of energy-efficient technology

The geography of sustainability transitions: Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field

“…Hodson and Marvin (2009; Lagendijk and Boertjes (2013); Maassen (2012); McCauley and Stephens (2012); Monstadt (2007Monstadt ( , 2009 ;Quitzau et al (2012); Rohracher and Späth (2014); Shove and Walker (2007);Smith (2007a); Rohracher (2010, 2012); Truffer and Coenen (2012) Rohracher (2010, 2012); Truffer and Coenen (2012); Wirth et al (2013) institutions  Niche formation is embedded in localised social practices  Informal localised institutions positively influence the regulatory push on the development and adoption of environmental regulation  Importance of recognising differences in informal institutions even within local or urban territories, resulting in struggles over sustainability visions Local natural resource endowments Bridge et al (2013) A quite large number of studies examine the central role of urban and regional visions and policies (the edited volumes by Bulkeley et al 2011; 2014 take a prominent position in this literature). While these contributions have a main focus on the urban and regional levels, the importance of connections to other policy levels is evident, with some authors taking an explicitly multi-level governance perspective Marvin 2010, 2012;Rohracher 2010, 2012;Uyarra and Gee 2013).…”

“…organisations working between different social interests, to produce outcomes that would not have been realised without their involvement (Hodson and Marvin 2010). As an example, local planners may perform such intermediation, as they are centrally placed actors in the process of establishing sustainability priorities and engaging local stakeholders, even though the formation of local stakeholder networks is highly influenced by existing relations (Hawkey 2012;Quitzau et al 2012). As governance of sustainability transitions need to encompass multiple policy areas, they are contested and negotiated between multiple public, quasi-public and private territorial actors (Coutard and Rutherford 2010;Monstadt 2007).…”

Unpacking the Formation of Favourable Environments for Urban Experimentation: The Case of the Bristol Energy Scene

“…Instead of assuming an undisputed set of shared rules as the outcomes of experimentation, we should address how distinct framings and visions are made, mobilised and contested [47,57,58]. Local stakeholders often experiment with multiple socio-technological pathways and have to negotiate a variety of interests and visions [6,57,59]. Urban experiments are initiated by a variety of actors, often overlap, compete for resources and open up opportunities for political action, and thus do not conform to assumptions implicit in SNM' approaches [3].…”

The sociotechnical regime and Swedish contractor perceptions of structural frames

“…diffusion of environmental innovations (see, e.g. Quitzau et al 2012). However, there are few studies that include local aspects which focus on the dynamics of an established regime (Genus andColes 2008, Hansen andCoenen 2015).…”

“…Meanwhile, the significant autonomy of construction projects and within-country variations in, e.g. housing markets, policies and technical specializations, indicate that opportunities for change within the building construction sector may differ in different contexts within a country (Quitzau et al 2012, Pittini et al 2015. It is also increasingly recognized that the characteristics and dynamics of sociotechnical regimes Comprehensive descriptions of the elements and mechanisms of sociotechnical regimes are provided by Geels (2004) and Geels and Schot (2007).…”