Johan Miörner
Biträdande universitetslektor
Towards a multi-scalar perspective on transition trajectories
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper contributes to the geography of transitions literature by conceptualizing transition trajectories from a multi-scalar perspective. It combines an institutional perspective of transitions with conceptions of scale from human geography to derive a framework which explicates how (de-)institutionalization and re-scaling mechanisms condition different transition trajectories. Our conceptual elaborations show that the traditional local-global niche cumulation and upscaling trajectory can be complemented with two alternative trajectories that build on analytically different sequences of institutionalization and re-scaling processes. This is illustrated through a case study of technology standardization in the sanitation sector, more specifically the development of the ISO 30500 standard for non-sewered sanitation systems, which was initiated by a consortium led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The observed transition trajectory departs from key assumptions of the local-global niche model, with actors engaging in direct institutionalization at the global level, followed by re-scaling global rationalities into different (sub-)national contexts.
Avdelning/ar
- CIRCLE
- Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
Publiceringsår
2021-09
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
172-188
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Volym
40
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Human Geography
Nyckelord
- Geography of transitions
- Non-sewered sanitation
- Scale
- Socio-technical system
- Standardization
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2210-4224