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What can we learn about transitions for sustainability from infrastructure shocks?

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  • Castán Broto, Vanesa
  • Glendinning, Stephanie
  • Dewberry, Emma
  • Walsh, Claire
  • Powell, Mark

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This paper explores the potential for learning from infrastructure shocks to develop strategic visions of infrastructure. The paper departs from theories of systems innovation, which understand infrastructure transitions as socio-technical re-configurations over long periods of time. The paper presents a complementary hypothesis to those theories about the possibility to catalyze systems change during or as a result of infrastructure shocks. According to this hypothesis, this change is possible because shocks enable higher order learning about infrastructure, which is learning involving a critical evaluation of existing principles and their suitability to complex situations.

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  • Castán Broto, Vanesa & Glendinning, Stephanie & Dewberry, Emma & Walsh, Claire & Powell, Mark, 2014. "What can we learn about transitions for sustainability from infrastructure shocks?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 186-196.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:84:y:2014:i:c:p:186-196
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.002
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