?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Leverage+Points+Towards+Degrowth%3A+Insights+from+an+Exploratory+Study+with+Four+Large+Housing+Associations+in+London&rft.creator=Pagani%2C+Anna&rft.creator=Walker%2C+Alexander&rft.creator=Macmillan%2C+Alexandra&rft.creator=Nita%2C+Arfenia&rft.creator=Davies%2C+Michael&rft.creator=Zimmermann%2C+Nici&rft.description=There+is+no+better+place+to+start+thinking+of+a+world+beyond+growth+than+social+housing.+Originally+devised+as+an+affordable+and+secure+form+of+tenure%2C+social+rented+housing+in+England+is+now+entangled+in+capitalist+market+dynamics+and+associated+tensions+between+economic%2C+social%2C+and+environmental+targets.+Degrowth+proposes+to+reconcile+these+goals+by+moving+away+from+the+dominant+economic+growth+paradigm%2C+prioritising+justice+and+well-being+within+planetary+boundaries.+Developing+alternatives+to+omnipresent+growth+narratives+requires+engaging+all+actors+involved+in+the+management+and+delivery+of+social+housing.+Therefore%2C+this+study+explores+the+compatibility+of+a+degrowth+agenda+with+that+of+housing+associations+(HAs)%2C+the+largest+social+housing+providers+in+England.+In+a+workshop+with+four+London-based+HAs%2C+we+used+participatory+system+dynamics+(SD)+to+elicit+perceptions+of+the+interventions+needed+in+the+social+housing+system.+Through+degrowth+and+systems+thinking+frameworks%2C+we+then+assessed+the+potential+of+the+proposed+interventions+to+effect+change%2C+and+their+alignment+with+approaches+to+creating+degrowth+value.+Interventions+at+shallow+leverage+points+in+the+system+were+more+frequently+linked+to+reducing+resource+use+and+addressing+equality.+Instead%2C+the+most+transformative+interventions+were+associated+to+promoting+democratic+governance+and+overcoming+growth+dynamics.+Our+findings+highlight+the+potential+of+SD+to+guide+interventions+in+the+social+housing+system+that+address+growth-driven+structures+and+their+systemic+consequences.&rft.subject=social+housing%2C+leverage+points%2C+organisational+value+creation%2C+participatory+system+dynamics&rft.publisher=System+Dynamics+Society&rft.contributor=Howick%2C+S&rft.contributor=Jalali%2C+M&rft.contributor=Rahmandad%2C+H&rft.date=2024-10-01&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Howick%2C+S+and+Jalali%2C+M+and+Rahmandad%2C+H%2C+(eds.)+Proceedings+of+the+2024+International+System+Dynamics+Conference.++(pp.+pp.+1-5).++System+Dynamics+Society+(2024)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10199485%2F1%2FP1205.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10199485%2F&rft.rights=open