Transformative capacity for climate mitigation in strategic transport planning – principles and practices in cross-sectoral collaboration

Understanding transformative capacity to boost urban climate adaptation: A Semi-Systematic Literature Review

“…These authors added and highlighted the fifth element, raising awareness for the importance of evaluating the outcomes and implications of innovative approaches. Witzell et al ( 2022 ) further deepen the connection between TC and the governance dimension through strategic transport planning. In this context, the authors draw attention to the fact that instead of TC being understood as a feature of singular actors, it results from the interactions among actors in institutional settings influenced by social, material, and spatial conditions.…”

“…The urban transformative governance framework by Hölscher et al ( 2019a , b ) lists four capacities: stewarding, unlocking, transforming, and orchestrating capacity. In turn, Witzell et al ( 2022 ) see them as interrelated, overlapping, and mutually dependent capacities, exploring TC as a needed ability in complex governance situations that demand change but have difficulties in accomplishing it due to incompatible power structures, existing faulty path dependencies, and complex institutional contexts.…”

“…On the other hand, it was found that each field has its scope for transformation, implying different levels of TC. Resilience studies primarily focus on the capacity of a system, as a whole, to transform itself and adapt to new conditions (Subiyanto et al 2020 ; Bouwer et al 2021 ; Fallon et al 2022 ; Muchiri and Opiyo 2022 ), whilst transformative research emphasises the ability of individuals, organisations, and actors to bring about systemic changes in society (Wolfram 2016 ; Ziervogel et al 2016 ; Hölscher et al 2019b ; Ives et al 2020 ; Witzell et al 2022 ).…”