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View article: Focus on community energy and infrastructure resilience
Focus on community energy and infrastructure resilience Open
This focus issue on community energy and infrastructure resilience compiles six contribution that seek to put into context projects that aim to put people at the core of energy development. The promises of community energy are multifold, f…
View article: Climate justice in urban public space adaptation: Developing and testing a collective assessment tool in Hunters Point, New York City
Climate justice in urban public space adaptation: Developing and testing a collective assessment tool in Hunters Point, New York City Open
View article: On moving ahead, staying put, and engaging fully with landscape studies of planning
On moving ahead, staying put, and engaging fully with landscape studies of planning Open
View article: Energy landscapes and the transition to sustainable energy
Energy landscapes and the transition to sustainable energy Open
View article: How to build resilient community energy systems? Lessons from Malawi and Ethiopia
How to build resilient community energy systems? Lessons from Malawi and Ethiopia Open
This paper defines the notion of realising resilient community energy systems (R-CESs) through community capital to withstand unforeseen natural hazards, climate change induced risks and socio-political disruptions. It evaluates the interr…
View article: When cities broke into the global stage: 20 years since the publication of ‘Cities and Climate Change’
When cities broke into the global stage: 20 years since the publication of ‘Cities and Climate Change’ Open
This short symposium revisits the book Cities and Climate Change by Harriet Bulkeley and Michelle Betsill and its role in establishing cities as central actors in climate change governance. The contributors to this symposium reflect on the…
View article: Developing community energy systems to facilitate Ethiopia's transition to sustainable energy
Developing community energy systems to facilitate Ethiopia's transition to sustainable energy Open
In Ethiopia, renewable energy offers people an affordable, dependable, and eco-friendly power supply while decreasing the carbon footprint. However, delivering a renewable future for the country requires a massive change in social practice…
View article: Developing a minifesta for effective academic-activist collaboration in the context of the climate emergency
Developing a minifesta for effective academic-activist collaboration in the context of the climate emergency Open
Justice-oriented climate activism is proliferating. Many scholars aspire to deliver research that supports activism. However, measures of impact for research evaluation and funding purposes place little weight on the use of research by act…
View article: The case for a climate bonus: waste pickers’ perceptions of climate change in Minas Gerais
The case for a climate bonus: waste pickers’ perceptions of climate change in Minas Gerais Open
While the work of waste pickers advances urban sustainability, there has been little focus on how climate change impacts affect them. This paper reports on a pilot study with 61 waste pickers in Minas Gerais, Brazil to understand their per…
View article: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Community Energy: An Intersectional Perspective
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Community Energy: An Intersectional Perspective Open
Gender has long been a central topic for discussion in relation to energy provision and energy access, but it becomes particularly prominent when considering community energy and transitions to sustainable energy. Gender relations continue…
View article: Disrupting the imaginaries of urban action to deliver just adaptation
Disrupting the imaginaries of urban action to deliver just adaptation Open
Urban adaptation relates to how people imagine plausible and desirable urban futures. Adaptation imaginaries refer to collective representations of how society should act and towards which goal in the context of unprecedented climate chang…
View article: Climate Justice in Urban Public Space Adaptation: Developing and Testing a Collective Assessment Tool in Hunters Point, New York City
Climate Justice in Urban Public Space Adaptation: Developing and Testing a Collective Assessment Tool in Hunters Point, New York City Open
View article: Conclusion
Conclusion Open
This chapter reviews the lessons from previous chapters, aiming to develop a synthetic perspective on the contribution of community energy to accelerating the transition to sustainable energy and to incorporate justice considerations into …
View article: Introduction: Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions
Introduction: Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions Open
This chapter introduces the book on Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique. The book is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between an international team of scholars brought tog…
View article: Climate Justice in Urban Public Space Adaptation: Developing and Testing a Collective Assessment Tool in Hunters Point, New York City
Climate Justice in Urban Public Space Adaptation: Developing and Testing a Collective Assessment Tool in Hunters Point, New York City Open
View article: 2. Hope in something: An earthly tragedy in five acts
2. Hope in something: An earthly tragedy in five acts Open
This chapter explores the generative potential of the unexpected and the experimental in bringing about transformational change.By reflecting on works of art, personal experiences and scientific literature on climate action and adaptation,…
View article: KNOW: Coproducción para la igualdad urbana
KNOW: Coproducción para la igualdad urbana Open
Este artículo presenta un examen crítico de la noción de coproducción en la generación de conocimiento urbano. El documento explora la adopción de la idea de coproducción de conocimientos en relación con un concepto paralelo, pero distinto…
View article: The Russian invasion of Ukraine: implications for politics, territory and governance
The Russian invasion of Ukraine: implications for politics, territory and governance Open
The full-scale invasion and partial occupation of Ukraine by Russian forces in February 2022 onwards is a tragedy first and foremost for the people of Ukraine. The invasion illustrates the importance of intersecting and diverse interdiscip…
View article: A framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations
A framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations Open
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Issue Information Open
View article: National and Sub-national Policies and Institutions
National and Sub-national Policies and Institutions Open
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View article: Alliances, allyship and activism: The value of international partnerships for co-producing just cities
Alliances, allyship and activism: The value of international partnerships for co-producing just cities Open
This paper provides a distinctive analysis of the value of international intermediation alliances for co-production, based on the way they operate in practice. While much attention is paid to ideal or normative models of co-production, the…
View article: Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action
Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action Open
There is a growing recognition that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation. We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort, arguing that actionable research on urban adaptation needs to recognize the nature of cities as …
View article: Queering Housing Policy: Questioning Urban Planning Assumptions in Namibian Cities
Queering Housing Policy: Questioning Urban Planning Assumptions in Namibian Cities Open
Heteronormative models of the home have permeated housing policies for decades, only adding to economic and spatial inequalities in a landscape of housing injustices. Half of the urban population in Namibia lives in precarious housing cond…
View article: Embracing change in infrastructure landscapes
Embracing change in infrastructure landscapes Open
Infrastructure constitutes a key perspective for the analysis of social change. At the same time, infrastructures exemplify the tension between dynamism and permanence. While they facilitate the constant movement of resource and capital fl…
View article: Mobile Policies and Their Periodization: The Evolution of the Bus Rapid Transit Model
Mobile Policies and Their Periodization: The Evolution of the Bus Rapid Transit Model Open
View article: How hegemonic discourses of sustainability influence urban climate action
How hegemonic discourses of sustainability influence urban climate action Open
Sustainability discourses influence the practices of urban climate action by establishing objectives and ways of doing things. Key concepts such as ‘risk’, ‘resilience’ and ‘efficiency’ have been central in the history of sustainability di…
View article: The governance of energy transitions in Africa: a sketch of plural perspectives
The governance of energy transitions in Africa: a sketch of plural perspectives Open
Building on the contributions to the article collection “The Governance of Sustainable Energy Transitions in the Global South “, this editorial offers a sketch for a research agenda on transitions research with a main focus on Africa. Stil…
View article: Radical unknowability: an essay on solidarities and multiform urban life
Radical unknowability: an essay on solidarities and multiform urban life Open
If urban life emerges within a multiplex space, what forms of change are afforded by urban environments? The urban entails a series of relations and detachments that contain popular economies and urban commons. Rather than a system, the ur…
View article: Book review of: Gordon, David J. (2020): Cities on the World Stage. The Politics of Global Urban Climate Governance
Book review of: Gordon, David J. (2020): Cities on the World Stage. The Politics of Global Urban Climate Governance Open
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