Governance of energy transitions: about inclusion and closure in complex sociotechnical problems

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Valkenburg, Govert ^a   Cotella, Giancarlo ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actor inclusion; Closure; Cognitive inclusion; Complex sociotechnical problems; Energy transitions; Governance; Inclusion

Indexed keywords

INCLUSIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLOSURE; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; GOVERNANCE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; STRATEGIC RESEARCH; TWO-DIMENSION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CLOSURE; COGNITION; ENERGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCLUSION; MOBILIZATION; POLICY MAKING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84983565610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-016-0086-8     Document Type: Article

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