scholarly journals Planning for the Energy Transition and How to Overcome the Misfits of the Current Paradigm

World ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-282
Author(s):  
Rob Roggema
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Current Paradigm ◽  
Current Practices

The current paradigm for planning an energy transition is often embedded in practices within the existing political and societal regime. Within this paradigm, a genuine transformation to a fully fossil-free future is often not achieved. Thus, the problem is that in order to arrive at such a newly conceived future, the concepts and solutions created need to be fundamentally different from practices in recent past and present. At the same time, the community is not prepared for big changes, and the unknown future is experienced as uncertain and undesirable. These two mechanisms perpetuate current practices and prevent a new future from emerging. In this article, we will demonstrate how these two movements can be connected to disrupt incremental and path-dependent development, allowing people to become visionary and co-design a transformative future with innovative concepts. The Dutch Groningen region is used as an illustrative example for realising fundamental shifts supported by a bottom-up engagement process.

scholarly journals A bottom-up dynamic building stock model for residential energy transition: A case study for the Netherlands

2022 ◽  
Vol 306 ◽  
pp. 118060
Author(s):  
Xining Yang ◽  
Mingming Hu ◽  
Arnold Tukker ◽  
Chunbo Zhang ◽  
Tengfei Huo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Stock Model

Persistent but adaptable – the path dependent development of German cost accounting

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Weber ◽  
Leona Wiegmann
Keyword(s):  
Cost Accounting ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Over Time

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how and why German cost accounting prevails and develops in German multinational organisations despite the various indications in the literature that it will converge towards an anglophone system over time. To analyse this, the authors draw on the ideas of professional practices (Jarzabkowski et al., 2016) and their path dependency (Schreyögg and Sydow, 2011) as a method theory. Design/methodology/approach The authors deploy an exploratory method using multiple case studies to determine similarities and differences between organisations concerning how cost accounting practices developed over time. They conducted interviews with cost accountants, group controllers and managers of German multinational organisations as well as experts from higher education institutions and consultancies. Findings This paper shows the path-dependent development of German cost accounting. It identifies self-reinforcing learning and complementary effects that seem to make it inefficient for organisations to deviate from the learned path as well as economic and normative pressures that affect the design of cost accounting systems. Originality/value By considering German cost accounting a path-dependent professional practice, this paper illustrates how and why the core of German cost accounting prevails, although organisations make adjustments within the existing structures to respond to the pressures they face. This paper hereby highlights the role of cost accountants in defining (and consequently bringing about or preventing changes to) the design of cost accounting systems.

scholarly journals Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Ádám Szalai ◽  
Krisztina Varró ◽  
Szabolcs Fabula
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Policies And Practices

This paper aims at expanding the scope of the dominantly pragmatic, local scale-oriented smart village scholarship towards a perspective that recognizes that smart village development is a multiscalar political process. To show the necessity of this move, the shaping of smart village policies and practices in Hungary is examined through a qualitative lens. As the authors argue, path-dependent structural obstacles and interscalar relations undermine the prospects of smart village building in the sense of bottom-up integrated rural development, and there is a risk of a bias towards technological innovation. This exploratory article, using Hungary as a case study, argues that smart village scholarship should draw on the results of critical smart city scholarship to acquire in-depth understanding of current debates regarding potential smart village developments.

The divergent logics of urban regeneration in Israel: A neoliberal toolkit and national rationales

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110360
Author(s):  
Tal Alster ◽  
Nufar Avni
Keyword(s):  
Public Funding ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Israeli Government ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
National Significance ◽  
Private Actors

In recent years, urban regeneration policy in Israel has relied largely on market-based mechanisms to deliver its goals, seemingly in keeping with neoliberal trends. Whereas, in previous decades, the construction and renovation of housing was facilitated primarily by state-run projects, current urban regeneration policy relies heavily on private actors – developers and homeowners – motivated by profit and the allocation of building rights. In this article, we argue that while this policy appears to be consistent with neoliberal trends, the Israeli government, as well as the public, in fact continue to view urban regeneration as a project of national significance, deserving of public funding if market forces should prove inadequate. We describe the unique characteristics of urban regeneration policy in Israel, arguing that they derive from ‘moral economy’ logic as well as geopolitical considerations such as national security and commitment to the periphery. We make this argument by examining urban regeneration in the country’s geographical and economic ‘periphery’, where the state is expected to finance and incentivise regeneration in the absence of market incentives. We conclude that even in a supposedly heightened neoliberal era, Israel’s regeneration policy continues to be centralised and driven by national objectives and centre–periphery relations that reproduce the country’s path-dependent development trajectory.

scholarly journals The Italian energy transition in a multilevel system: between reinforcing dynamics and institutional constraints

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rosaria Di Nucci ◽  
Andrea Prontera
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Current Energy

AbstractThe article analyses drivers as well as coordination mechanisms and instruments for the energy transition in Italy from a multilevel governance perspective. It addresses the structural constraints that influenced the decision-making processes and organisation of the Italian energy sector and the socio-technical challenges opened up by enhancing renewables. The current energy system is making the move from a centralised, path-dependent institutional and organisational structure to a more fragmented and pluralistic one. Renewables and decentralised patterns of production and consumption are key elements of this paradigmatic shift, which is paralleled by a multiplication of decision-making arenas and actors. These actors follow different interests, problem understandings and green growth narratives, increasing the complexity of governing the energy transition. Against this background, community-based renewable energy policy is assuming a very important role and Italy is putting efforts to establish an enabling framework in line with the requirements of the European Union. The goal of this strategy is to foster a positive link between acceptance of the energy transition and decentralised local activities. In the conclusion we address problems and barriers to new modes of governance, and discuss possible approaches to improved cooperation.

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