Energy transitions in small-scale regions - What we can learn from a regional innovation systems perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-264

  Mattes, Jannika ^a   Huber, Andreas ^b   Koehrsen, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cities; Energy transitions; Regional innovation systems

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

CITIES; ENERGY CHANGES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; INTERACTION PATTERN; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL; REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BOTTROP; EMDEN; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84921792872     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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