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Mapping Sustainability Transitions

Networks of Innovators, Techno-economic Competences and Political Discourses

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Gerardo Marletto

    1. DiSEA, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

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  2. Simone Franceschini

    1. DiSEA, University of Sassari DiSEA, Sassari, Italy

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  3. Chiara Ortolani

    1. DICEA, University of Rome “La Sapienza“ DICEA, Rome, Italy

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  4. Cécile Sillig

    1. DIEM, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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  • Provides readers with new tools for analyzing the positioning of innovators and their networks, and for devising alternative transition pathways and design policies for a sustainability transition
  • Includes three sectorial case studies concerning urban mobility, agri-food, and lighting
  • Written for business managers, policymakers, students, and all those who want to understand how a “greening” of our society could emerge from current innovations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Socio-technical Map

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Basic Concepts

      • Gerardo Marletto, Simone Franceschini, Chiara Ortolani, Cécile Sillig
      Pages 3-12

    3. How to Build a Socio-technical Map

      • Gerardo Marletto, Simone Franceschini, Chiara Ortolani, Cécile Sillig
      Pages 13-19

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Towards Sustainable Food: A Contested Transition

      • Gerardo Marletto, Simone Franceschini, Chiara Ortolani, Cécile Sillig
      Pages 23-38

    3. Multilevel Scenarios of Urban Mobility

      • Gerardo Marletto, Simone Franceschini, Chiara Ortolani, Cécile Sillig
      Pages 39-53

    4. Freiburg: From ‘Auto-City’ to ‘City of Short Distances’ (1945–2010)

      • Gerardo Marletto, Simone Franceschini, Chiara Ortolani, Cécile Sillig
      Pages 55-66

    5. The History of the US Light Market Between Bulbs and Illumination

      • Gerardo Marletto, Simone Franceschini, Chiara Ortolani, Cécile Sillig
      Pages 67-81
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About this book

This book was written for anyone wishing to understand how sustainable scenarios emerge from current innovations. It complements current sustainability transition research by providing a “socio-technical map,” an analytical and operational tool that can be used to explain the current positioning of innovators and their networks; to form alternative transition pathways and scenarios; and to design policies for a sustainability transition. Drawing on multiple disciplinary approaches to the study of “green” innovations and focusing specifically on operational directives, it examines and assesses multiple transition pathways (and supporting networks). Lastly, it presents three sectorial case studies (urban mobility, agri-food, and lighting) to demonstrate how the “socio-technical map” can be concretely put into practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • DiSEA, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

    Gerardo Marletto

  • DiSEA, University of Sassari DiSEA, Sassari, Italy

    Simone Franceschini

  • DICEA, University of Rome “La Sapienza“ DICEA, Rome, Italy

    Chiara Ortolani

  • DIEM, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

    Cécile Sillig

About the authors

The authors of this work are economists interested in innovations for sustainability, who consider innovation as the result of a complex techno-economic and socio-political process. Sharing a strong inter-disciplinary attitude; they have worked successfully with engineers, business economists, geographers, policy scientists, sociologists, mathematicians and statisticians.

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