Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 169, Issue , 2017, Pages 61-76

  Luederitz, Christopher ^a   Schäpke, Niko ^a   Wiek, Arnim ^a,b,c   Lang, Daniel J ^a,c   Bergmann, Matthias ^a,d   Bos, Joannette J ^e   Burch, Sarah ^f   Davies, Anna ^g   Evans, James ^h   König, Ariane ⁱ   Farrelly, Megan A ^e   Forrest, Nigel ^b   Frantzeskaki, Niki ^j   Gibson, Robert B ^f   Kay, Braden ^b   Loorbach, Derk ^j   McCormick, Kes ^k   Parodi, Oliver ^l   Rauschmayer, Felix ^m   Schneidewind, Uwe ⁿ   Stauffacher, Michael ^o   Stelzer, Franziska ⁿ   Trencher, Gregory ^p   Venjakob, Johannes ⁿ   Vergragt, Philip J ^q   von Wehrden, Henrik ^a,c   Westley, Frances R ^f   more..

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation CGSC   (Germany)

^d Institute for Social Ecological Research ISOE   (Germany)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^j ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^l KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^m HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

ⁿ Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^o ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q TELLUS INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Analytical evaluative framework; Real world laboratories; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability transformation; Sustainability transition experiments; Transition labs

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL-EVALUATIVE FRAMEWORK; REAL-WORLD; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; TRANSITION LABS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84995542947     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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