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

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-109

  Hansen, Teis ^a,b   Coenen, Lars ^b,c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geography; Place; Scale; Space; Sustainability transitions

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NICHE; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84941180282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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