Low Carbon Urban Transitioning: From Local Experimentation to Urban Transformation?

Moloney, Susie; Horne, Ralph

doi:10.3390/su7032437

Cited by 72 publications

(41 citation statements)

References 25 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This perspective encapsulates the view of those undertaking local experimentation, including non-scientists, as a new form of societal knowledge production, emphasizing a feedback cycle of development, testing, evaluation and informing best practice management [16], or foresight, experimentation and learning in the management of societal transitions [22,23]. Experiments in this line of thought support learning about the possibilities and problems of new governance structures, or new technologies from a governance perspective.…”

Section: Conceptual Approaches To Learning In Pilot Projects and Demomentioning

confidence: 99%

Adoption and Use of Low-Carbon Technologies: Lessons from 100 Finnish Pilot Studies, Field Experiments and Demonstrations

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:Experimentation is critical for the deployment of low-carbon technologies. New solutions need to be selected and adapted to their contexts of use, and users need to learn new skills. Society as a whole needs to create new modes of production, consumption and governance. We investigated how local pilot projects, demonstrations and trials of low-carbon technologies promote learning in Finnish society, where the government has made a commitment to a culture of experimentation. We drew on a database of 100 pilot projects and experiments and 15 detailed case studies. We identified several types of learning, beyond the formal evaluation of "what works where and when": pilot projects served to inspire, to create commitment and to develop networks. We also investigated how lessons learned are transferred to other sites and into societal knowledge. We contribute by conceptualizing different forms of learning and transfer-particularly situated and embodied forms-alongside more techno-scientific ones. While highlighting this form of learning, we also note that it is not particularly strong in acknowledging challenges faced in experimentation. We argue that there is scope for more systematic evaluation, alongside more situated forms of learning and sharing. We also pinpoint tensions between these two forms of learning that need to be addressed.

show abstract

Section: Conceptual Approaches To Learning In Pilot Projects and Demomentioning

confidence: 99%

Adoption and Use of Low-Carbon Technologies: Lessons from 100 Finnish Pilot Studies, Field Experiments and Demonstrations

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Initiating further comprises stakeholder involvement (Burch et al 2014; Moloney and Horne 2015) and policy formation (Burch et al 2014). Studies of urban climate governance have empirically demonstrated significant variation in the degree of institutionalization in the policy developed (Burch et al 2014; Nevens and Roorda 2014; Moloney and Horne 2015; Wolfram 2016).…”

Section: Developing the Assessment Framework And Evaluating Its Influmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing transformative capacity through systematic assessments and visualization of urban climate transitions

Glaas

Hjerpe

Storbjörk

et al. 2018

Ambio

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Transforming cities into low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable places will require action encompassing most segments of society. However, local governments struggle to overview and assess all ongoing climate activities in a city, constraining well-informed decision-making and transformative capacity. This paper proposes and tests an assessment framework developed to visualize the implementation of urban climate transition (UCT). Integrating key transition activities and process progression, the framework was applied to three Swedish cities. Climate coordinators and municipal councillors evaluated the visual UCT representations. Results indicate that their understanding of UCT actions and implementation bottlenecks became clearer, making transition more governable. To facilitate UCT, involving external actors and shifting priorities between areas were found to be key. The visual UCT representations improved system awareness and memory, building local transformative capacity. The study recommends systematic assessment and visualization of process progression as a promising method to facilitate UCT governance, but potentially also broader sustainability transitions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s13280-018-1109-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

show abstract

“…is by Susie Moloney and Ralph Horne [9]. The authors look at the Australian case of the city of Melbourne, and argue that climate change mitigation remains a contested political and policy issue.…”

Section: Achieving Better Urban Precinctsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Urban Agenda: Introduction to the Special Issue on “Sustainable Urban Development”

Lehmann

2015

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:Since the start of the 21st century, humanity has been a predominantly urban species. This Special Issue is about the future of cities and how urbanization will develop when based on principles of sustainability. It explores the underlying dimensions of the transformation of existing cities and the design of low carbon green precincts and their urban systems. The view of the papers presented in this Special Issue is holistic and takes questions of social sustainability into account. This editorial highlights the contents and methodologies of 13 selected papers, while presenting diverse issues in strategies, concepts and policies for sustainable urban development.Keywords: high-performance low carbon precincts; integration of low carbon technologies into social and behavioral context; complex urban systems; resilient communities; sustainable consumption; urban microclimates Background to the Special IssueSince the start of the 21st century, humanity has been a predominantly urban species. This Special Issue is about the future of cities and how urbanization will develop when based on principles of sustainability. It explores the underlying dimensions of the transformation of existing cities and the design of low carbon green precincts and their urban systems. The view of the papers presented in this Special Issue is holistic and takes questions of social sustainability into account. The aim of the Special Issue is to define a new agenda of change for sustainable urban development that can be transferred and replicated in other cities: urban solutions and success stories (case studies) to ensure we are all aware of the possibilities towards "the urban future we want". OPEN ACCESS

show abstract

Low Carbon Urban Transitioning: From Local Experimentation to Urban Transformation?

Cited by 72 publications

References 25 publications

Adoption and Use of Low-Carbon Technologies: Lessons from 100 Finnish Pilot Studies, Field Experiments and Demonstrations

Adoption and Use of Low-Carbon Technologies: Lessons from 100 Finnish Pilot Studies, Field Experiments and Demonstrations

Developing transformative capacity through systematic assessments and visualization of urban climate transitions

A New Urban Agenda: Introduction to the Special Issue on “Sustainable Urban Development”

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About