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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"socio-technical transitions"”.
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From street corner to smartphone: assessing the prospects of socio-technical transitions in Cape Town's transport sector
… spatial composition, an institutional legacy of socio-economic and racial exclusion, an over-reliance on private automobiles, and underinvestment in public transport are all commonly-cited culprits. Stakeholders are less unified in identifying solutions. Infrastructure- and technology-led …
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Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security
… growing renewables market has signaled transitions in electricity sectors that have traditionally been dominated by fossil fuel electricity. Various theoretical debates have recently emerged surrounding the processes of socio-technical transition, focusing on the pathways of transition, …
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The role of social enterprise in the transition to a low carbon energy system
Socio-technical transitions have come to the forefront of academic debate on the challenges of developing a low-carbon economy. According to the transitions literature, addressing socio-ecological problems and underlying complexes of technologies and institutions requires novel approaches with a …
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(Re)framing sustainable transitions: perspectives from a city in the global South
This study analyses the conditions under which socio-technical systems transition to more sustainable configurations. It does so through an exploration of the City of Cape Town’s electricity distribution arrangements. This investigation is situated within debates on sustainable socio-technical …
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Designing for Fluid Transitions to Sustainable Infrastructure: The Case of the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
The need for transitions to more sustainable socio-technical systems that underpin everyday life has never been more prescient. However, such transitions are daunting and difficult. Design initiates change in artefacts and therefore has an important role to play in transitions to more sustainable …
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Social dynamics of energy consumption
… act as agents of change in accelerating energy transitions. Collectively, the mitigation actions associated with systemic changes in consumer behaviour and lifestyles, service provisions and associated socio-technical transitions that modify demand for goods and services, comprise of the class …
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A stakeholder-grounded evaluation of the seven functions model of technological innovation systems theory in UK offshore wind and marine renewables.
… useful framework within which to consider energy transitions. The "seven functions" framework allows researchers to examine the progress of emergence of new technologies, but has not hitherto been tested for completeness and validity with stakeholders in an energy transition. The emergence of …
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Investigating Radical High-Involvement Eco-Innovations: The Case of Household Biogas in the U.S.
… highlight the ability of adopters to overcome technical challenges through reinventions necessary for contextual adaptations. This dissertation contributes insights into the adoption and diffusion of radical high-involvement eco-innovations, offering implications for policy, practice, and …
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Transitions in Motion: Accelerating Active Travel Infrastructure in London through Grassroots Groups and Activist Researchers
… even achieving stated targets and goals. While socio-technical transition research has often focused on the historical perspective and the technical aspects of a transition, it has dwelt less on the process of transition in motion. In particular, the role of grassroots movements in accelerating …
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Urban district heating network delivery: a socio-technical analysis of large-scale district heating network implementation in urban environments
… city-based district heating (DH) networks from a socio-technical perspective with a view to identifying key success factors and effective governing measures that can overcome the main barriers limiting the uptake and delivery of district heating at scale. DH is an area that has been regarded as …
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Small scale embedded generation (SSEG) in Cape Town: a case study on the impact of Cape Town's SSEG regulation
… taken a central role in discussions on energy transitions in the Global North, their implications in the Global South remain poorly documented. In South Africa, the convergence of a legacy energy system, supply issues, rising electricity prices, and growing environmental awareness as well as …
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Low carbon energy transitions for informal settlements: a case study of iShack South Africa
… This dissertation argues that low carbon energy transitions, such as solar home systems, are a viable means for overcoming issues of energy poverty in informal settlements. This dissertation examines the role of urban experimentation in implementing low carbon energy transitions within informal …
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An assessment of community renewable energy as one of the options for transition to low-carbon energy in South Africa (Gauteng).
… It was through the application of the socio-technical transitions framework – the multi-level perspective (MLP), as well as the use of social capital theory - that the technological and social components of community renewable energy were understood. The proposed study provides new …
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A neo-Schumpeterian study of the developmental techno-politics of post-socialist Bulgaria and Kazakhstan
… historical institutionalism and studies of Socio-Technical Transitions (STT) particularly regarding techno-politics in the context of economic catching up. Methodologically, the scholarly inquiry develops a novel, boundary-spanning, multi-dimensional framework for policy assessment in order …