The document discusses transitions towards sustainable development. It notes that persistent problems like climate change require fundamental changes to societal systems, structures, cultures and practices (transitions). Transition management is presented as an approach to facilitate such transitions through long-term envisioning, multi-actor collaboration, experimentation and focusing on learning and innovation. Examples of transition processes in waste management, energy and other domains are provided.
5. Societal systems in transition Societal system Societal trends Societal structures (regime) Laws and regulations Organisations Infrastruc-tures Technology Routines and behaviour Innovations and niches
6. Transition dynamics complex, uncertain and long term Predevelopment Stabilization time Societal development Acceleration Take-off Macro-level (landscape, trends) Meso-level (regimes, institutions) Micro-level (Niches, individuals) From: Rotmans et al, 2000 From: Geels and Kemp, 2001
29. Governance framework for dealing with transitions Monitoring, evaluating and adapting Developing sustainability images, coalitions and joint transition-agendas Problem structuring, envisioning and organizing transition-arenas Mobilizing actors and transition- experiments Strategic (emphasis on system, culture) Tactical (emphasis on subsystem, structures) Operational (emphasis on niches, practices)
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33. Transitionizing research: activist science Sustainability Sciences History Policy sciences Complexity research Sociology Ecology MODE 1 Action Grounded theory consultancy Applied Participatory MODE 2
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Systeemwijzigingen zijn nodig vanwege persistent problemen: diep geworteld in onze maatschappelijke structuren, cultuur en gedrag