Environmental innovation and societal transitions: Introduction and overview

✍ Scribed by van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. (author);Truffer, Bernhard (author);Kallis, Giorgos (author)

• Book ID: 119233217
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 297 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2210-4224
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2011.04.010

✦ Synopsis

This article introduces the new journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (EIST). We consider its key terms and offer a survey of relevant theoretical and empirical insights, policy issues and research challenges. Four theoretical approaches to studying sustainability transitions are identified. The treatise ends with a synopsis of the 19 articles in this inaugural issue and a list of suggested research themes.