Basic Concepts
In this chapter the essential basic concepts that are needed to build a socio-technical map are presented. Any social function—such as feeding, housing, mobility, supply of energy, healthcare, etc.—is fulfilled by one or more socio-technical (ST) systems.
- PDF / 2,120,980 Bytes
- 91 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
- 99 Downloads / 271 Views
Gerardo Marletto Simone Franceschini Chiara Ortolani Cécile Sillig
Mapping Sustainability Transitions Networks of Innovators, Techno-economic Competences and Political Discourses 123
SpringerBriefs in Business
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8860
Gerardo Marletto Simone Franceschini Chiara Ortolani Cécile Sillig •
•
Mapping Sustainability Transitions Networks of Innovators, Techno-economic Competences and Political Discourses
123
Gerardo Marletto DiSEA University of Sassari Sassari Italy
Chiara Ortolani DICEA University of Rome “La Sapienza” Rome Italy
Simone Franceschini DiSEA University of Sassari Sassari Italy
Cécile Sillig DIEM University of Genova Genoa Italy
ISSN 2191-5482 SpringerBriefs in Business ISBN 978-3-319-42272-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42274-9
ISSN 2191-5490
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-42274-9
(eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016944845 © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
To Giacomo and Nicola, you don't need a map, just follow your nature!
Preface
With this book, we have set ourselves an ambitious target to provide the readers with a simple graphical tool—the socio-technical map—that may help them understand how the environmental sustainability of human activities may be reached. In other terms, we have tried to make simple a very complex process. To reach this goal, we founded our work on the recently emerged research field of sustainability transitions (SusTrans). The starting point of the SusTran approach is that most of human needs are fulfilled by systems which have proved to be environmentally unsustainable, and it is precisely for this reason that these systems should be radically changed. In other words, system innovation is at the heart of SusTrans. Systems that fulfill human needs feature two relev
Data Loading...
