Week 1 - Multi-Level Perspective of Sustainability Transitions Flashcards
Multi-Level Perspective of Sustainability Transitions
Sustainability Transitions
Large scale, sector wide transformations.
Why must policymakers understand the dynamics of transitions?
They might want to guide transition in a sustainable direction.
Why firms must understand the dynamics of transitions?
They might want to profit from opportunities given by a transition.
What is the multi-level perspective (MLP)?
It explains the transformation of sectors and industries at three different levels, capturing both sources of stability and change.
What are the three levels in an MLP?
Socio-technical regime, niches, and landscapes.
What is the socio-technical regime and what does it promote?
It’s the established structures in a sector. It promotes Stability.
What are the niches and what does it promote?
It’s the protected spaces that generate innovation. It promotes Change.
What is the landscape and what does it promote?
It’s the exogenous developments that affect transitions and innovation. It promotes Change.
What are the three stages of a transition?
Pre-development, acceleration, and new and stable regime.
What are the characteristics of the pre-development stage?
Stable regime structure, many niche innovations unable to break through, weak interactions between levels, no major changes within a regime.
What are the characteristics of the acceleration stage?
Landscape developments disrupt regime, one or more niche innovations have matured to compete with regime technologies, regimes structures break down, chance for innovations to replace existing technologies.
What are the characteristics of the new regime stage?
Innovations have successfully replaced former technologies, new stable regime structures develop.
