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

This open access book provides the first comprehensive review of the state of the art of social tipping points applied to energy systems from a social interdisciplinary perspective. It does so by presenting a novel theory of systemic and transformative change, linking it to empirical cases assisted...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Tàbara, J. David (Editor), Flamos, Alexandros (Editor), Mangalagiu, Diana (Editor), Michas, Serafeim (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edition:	1st ed. 2024.
Series:	Springer Climate,
Subjects:	Political science. Environmental policy. Sustainability. Energy policy. Climatology. Regional economics. Spatial economics. Governance and Government. Environmental Policy. Energy System Transformation. Climate Sciences. Regional and Spatial Economics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. The Tipping+ Project Journey
Chapter 2. Tipping Points Emerge in the Interaction Between Narrative and Reality
Chapter 3. Tipping Points: Deep Roots and Contemporary Challenges in Psychology
Chapter 4. Transformations, Agency and Positive Tipping Points: a Resilience-based Approach
Chapter 5. Principles for a Case Study Approach to Social Tipping Points
Chapter 6. Post-war Development Energy Scenarios for Ukraine
Chapter 7. Exploring Transition in Coal- and Carbon-intensive Regions Through an Interdisciplinary Lens
Chapter 8. Social Tipping Processes in the Transformation of Civitavecchia's Socio-energy System
Chapter 9. Realizing Alternative Energy Futures: From the Promise of a Petroleum Future to Imagining Lofoten as the Green Islands
Chapter 10. Exploring the Role of Identities and Perceptions of the Future in a Post-coal Mining Region. The Demolition of Andorra Coal-fired Cooling Towers (Spain) as a Tipping Point
Chapter 11. Narrative-network Dynamics in Tipping Processes Towards Low-carbon Energy Futures: the Case of Indonesia
Chapter 12. Situated Knowledge and Energy Transformations: a Socioanthropological Exploration
Chapter 13. Tipping Away From Coal?: Exploring Narratives and Tipping Dynamics in the Phaseout of Coal on Svalbard
Chapter 14. Confronting Local and Global Tipping Narratives: Green Energy Development in the Arctic and Why Greenland is Not for Sale
Chapter 15. Assessing Macroeconomic Effects of a Carbon Tax as a Tipping Intervention in Economies Undergoing Coal Phase-out: the Cases of Poland and Greece
Chapter 16. Transformative Emergence. Research Challenges for Enabling Social-ecological Tipping Points Toward Regional Sustainability Transformations.