Managing the Transition to Renewable Energy – Theory and Practice from Local, R…

Managing the Transition to Renewable EnergyTheory and Practice from Local, Regional and Macro Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Frank R. Bruinsma\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781847202291, 978-1847202291\nSynopsis\nThis book addresses the problem of how to make a large-scale socio-technical transition to renewable energy, so as to realize an environmentally sustainable economy in the long run. Transition thinking has in a short time managed to occupy a central position in the policy debate on sustainable development. The transition approach offers an innovative view on the role and content of public policy, compared with traditional views from economic, administrative and political sciences. The main motivation for using this notion is that while it links up with the system-wide approach of sustainable development, it has the advantage of shifting the attention from a vag.