Social - ecological resilience and socio - technical transitions : critical issues for sustainability governance

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  • Adrian Smith
  • Andy Stirling
چکیده

..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ...................................................................................... 4 TECHNOLOGY AS SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 6 TRANSITION MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................. 7 COMPARISONS WITH THE GOVERNANCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ............................. 10 CRITICAL CHALLENGES FOR TRANSITION MANAGEMENT ..................................................................... 11 POWER AND AGENCY ............................................................................................................................................. 15 SOCIO-TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE ................................................................. 17 CONCLUSIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 22 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................... 23

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تاریخ انتشار 2008