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North, Peter and Longhurst, Noel 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-0150
(2013)
Grassroots localisation?:The scalar potential of and limits of the 'transition' approach to climate change and resource constraint.
Urban Studies, 50 (7).
pp. 1423-1438.
ISSN 0042-0980
Abstract
This paper engages with the progressive politics of climate change and resource constraint developed by the Transition 'movement' which looks to develop a positive local politics of the transition to a low carbon economy and society. At the heart of this politics is a vision of economic localisation rooted in a geographical imaginary of market towns with agricultural hinterlands. Consequently, the question of how the Transition model can be applied in urban settings has not been clear, leading to the implicit assumption that urban Transition initiatives are more complex and difficult. In contrast, this paper argues that the plasticity of Transition politics means that, in some cases, an urban context might be more productive for the development of Transition initiatives because it allows for a greater diversity of political action as well as providing a density of networks and resources that can be critical for the survival of grassroots interventions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth,sdg 12 - responsible consumption and production,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2014 14:02 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2023 01:14 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47175 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0042098013480966 |
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