Exploring Transition in Coal- and Carbon-Intensive Regions Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Mangalagiu, Diana; Lieu, J.; Biddau, Fulvio; Lilliestam, Johan; Veland, Siri; Sarrica, Mauro; Martinez Reyes, A.; Mey, Franziska; Mandel, Antoine

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50762-5_7

Exploring Transition in Coal- and Carbon-Intensive Regions Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Title

Exploring Transition in Coal- and Carbon-Intensive Regions Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Author

Mangalagiu, Diana (University of Oxford; NEOMA Business School)
Lieu, J. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance)
Biddau, Fulvio (Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici)
Lilliestam, Johan (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Veland, Siri (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS; NRI Nordlandsforskning)
Sarrica, Mauro (Sapienza University of Rome)
Martinez Reyes, A. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance)
Mey, Franziska (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Mandel, Antoine (Sorbonne Université, Paris)

Contributor

Tabara, J. David (editor)
Flamos, Alexandros (editor)
Mangalagiu, Diana (editor)
Michas, Serafeim (editor)

Date

2024

Abstract

This chapter introduces an interdisciplinary perspective to investigate the transition process and to identify empirical evidence of social-ecological tipping points (SETPs) in the case studies on coal and carbon intensive regions (CCIRs) analyzed in the project TIPPING+. The interdisciplinary lens considers different modes of thought, frameworks, and multiple perspectives and interests from diverse stakeholders, a systems’ understanding, and different culture considerations across the CCIRs. Within this interdisciplinary process, we applied various lenses to study the potential for SETPs by combining insights from human geography, social psychology, regional socio-technical systems, and political economy perspectives on the phases of low carbon transitions and on the justice component of the transitions. Subsequently, this chapter gives an overview of how the eight CCIRs case studies in this book have applied various interdisciplinary lenses to investigate the regional transition and the emergence of SETPs.

Subject

Coal and carbon intensive regions
Energy transition
Interdisciplinarity
Social-ecological tipping points
Socio-ecological transition
Socio-technical transition

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50762-5_7

Publisher

Springer

ISBN

978-3-031-50761-8

Source

Positive Tipping Points Towards Sustainability: Understanding the Conditions and Strategies for Fast Decarbonization in Regions