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Mapping the co-evolution of urban energy systems: pathways of change

Rydin, YJ; Turcu, C; Guy, S; Austin, P; (2013) Mapping the co-evolution of urban energy systems: pathways of change. Environment and Planning A: international journal of urban and regional research , 45 (3) 634 - 649. 10.1068/a45199. Green open access

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Abstract

The interface of a long-standing movement for sustainability at the urban scale and the imperatives of the carbon-reduction agenda are driving change in urban energy systems. This paper seeks to address the nature of that change and, in particular, to consider how different pathways of change are emerging. To do this it draws on the coevolution and pathways literatures to interrogate a database of current urban energy initiatives within the UK. This analysis reveals the multiple pathways of change though which new modes of energy production and consumption are being developed to deliver carbon reductions through the reconfiguring of urban energy systems. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these changes for urban governance and for carbon reductions.

Type: Article
Title: Mapping the co-evolution of urban energy systems: pathways of change
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1068/a45199
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a45199
Language: English
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1356403
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