An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

J Köhler, FW Geels, F Kern, J Markard… - … innovation and societal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research on sustainability transitions has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, diversified
in terms of topics and geographical applications, and deepened with respect to theories and …

Urban governance and the politics of climate change

VC Broto - World development, 2017 - Elsevier
Cities and urban areas are increasingly recognized as strategic arenas for climate change
action. Processes of urban governance addressing climate change reconfigure the politics …

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

T Hansen, L Coenen - Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 2015 - Elsevier
This review covers the recent literature on the geography of sustainability transitions and
takes stock with achieved theoretical and empirical insights. The review synthesises and …

Perspectives on urban transformation research: transformations in, of, and by cities

K Hölscher, N Frantzeskaki - Urban Transformations, 2021 - Springer
The narrative of 'urban transformations' epitomises the hope that cities provide rich
opportunities for contributing to local and global sustainability and resilience. Urban …

Importance of actors and agency in sustainability transitions: A systematic exploration of the literature

LB Fischer, J Newig - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
This article explores the role of actors and agency in the literature on sustainability
transitions. We reviewed 386 journal articles on transition management and sustainability …

The energy divide: Integrating energy transitions, regional inequalities and poverty trends in the European Union

S Bouzarovski, S Tirado Herrero - European urban and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Energy poverty can be understood as the inability of a household to secure a socially and
materially necessitated level of energy services in the home. While the condition is …

Urbanization, openness, emissions, and energy intensity: a study of increasingly urbanized emerging economies

S Rafiq, R Salim, I Nielsen - Energy Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the impact of urbanization and trade openness on emissions and
energy intensity in twenty-two increasingly urbanized emerging economies. We employ …

Low-carbon city and its future research trends: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review

X Wang, G Wang, T Chen, Z Zeng, CK Heng - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-carbon cities (LCCs) have attracted considerable attention from researchers over the
past 15 years as an important initiative for mitigating global warming. The increased pilot …

Urban energy transitions: places, processes and politics of socio-technical change

J Rutherford, O Coutard - Urban studies, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Meanwhile, 1000 kilometres to the northeast, in many parts of the state of Alberta, mining
companies are actively extracting as many fossil fuels as the domestic and international …

Smart cities from scratch? A socio-technical perspective

L Carvalho - Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This paper argues that contemporary smart city visions based on ITs (information and tele-
communication technologies) configure complex socio-technical challenges that can benefit …