Sustainability transition dynamics: Towards overcoming policy resistance

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-145

  de Gooyert, Vincent ^a   Rouwette, Etiënne ^a   van Kranenburg, Hans ^a   Freeman, Edward ^b   van Breen, Harry ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Liander   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Policy resistance; Sustainability transition; Systems dynamics

Indexed keywords

SYSTEM THEORY;

ENERGY TRANSITIONS; LEVERAGE POINTS; MULTILEVELS; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS DYNAMICS; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; POLICY REFORM; SUSTAINABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84977489306     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.06.019     Document Type: Article

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