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Fastenrath, Sebastian ORCID: 0000-0001-5621-8082 and Braun, Boris ORCID: 0000-0003-3863-2153 (2018). Ambivalent urban sustainability transitions: Insights from Brisbane's building sector. J. Clean Prod., 176. S. 581 - 590. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 1879-1786

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Abstract

Cities are suggested as being the key level for shifts towards more sustainable modes of production and consumption. The building sector with its significant carbon footprint plays an important role in urban climate change adaptation strategies. Using the case study of Brisbane (Australia), the paper examines the place-specific contextualisation of green building transitions by analysing the co-evolution and interplay of building practices, policy making and involved actors. Drawing on theoretical approaches of Transition Studies and Evolutionary Economic Geography, we trace back and analyse policy and economic trajectories focusing on formative and hindering processes. The paper discusses ambivalent pathways and 'regime resistance' caused by local economic and political specificities. The analysis illustrates how crucial the continual support from both policy makers and industry actors can be when economic market mechanisms do not drive sustainability transitions. Regime actors can play a powerful role as 'transition detractors' and can determine the dynamics and the scope of sustainability transitions. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Fastenrath, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-8082 UNSPECIFIED Braun, Boris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-2153 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-195364
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.134
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Clean Prod.
Volume:	176
Page Range:	S. 581 - 590
Date:	2018
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1879-1786
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Geographisches Institut
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS; SOCIOTECHNICAL TRANSITION; ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; POLITICS Multiple languages Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19536