The emerging field of energy transitions: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-121

  Araújo, Kathleen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy system change; Energy transition; Globalization; Learning; Multi level perspective; Path creation; Path dependence; Policy and governance; Population; Techno economic paradigm; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904683583     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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