Adaptive transition for transformations to sustainability in developing countries

Pant, Laxmi Prasad; Adhikari, Bhim; Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2015.07.006

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“…Indeed, at first, the SES and STT literature share many interesting features: interest in sustainability, dynamic multilevel approaches to complex systems change, and learning (Voß and Bornemann 2011) and governance issues (van der Brugge and van Raak 2007, Smith andStirling 2010). Some authors have tried to combine the frameworks (e.g., Pahl-Wostl et al 2007, Duru et al 2014, Pant et al 2015, considering them to be complementary, but others have combined them with other frameworks to counter their limitations (Bush and Marschke 2014, Dwiartama and Rosin 2014, Fabinyi et al 2014, Stone-Jovicich 2015. Nevertheless, as with other scholars (Shove andWalker 2007, Leach 2008), we call for caution in using, mixing, or integrating these frameworks because of the risk of ontological mismatches and limitations.…”

Section: Sustainability Transition Framework Ontologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The AET studies therefore revealed the difficulties that existing frameworks have in taking into account all three dimensions and exploring new interdependencies between them. Some authors have already suggested considering "socio-eco-technical systems" (Pant et al 2015), "social-ecological-technological systems" (Olsson et al 2014), or "socio-ecological-technological system" (McGinnis and Ostrom 2014) approaches in several kinds of sustainability transitions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…By requiring three-dimensional system thinking (socioeconomic, ecological, and technical), AET emphasize the importance of exploring new interactions, which can only be partially done using the ST frameworks considered, even in a complementary way (Ostrom and Cox 2010, Pant et al 2015. We next discuss avenues for enhancing research on the coevolution of socioeconomic, ecological, and technological systems through debates about each of these dimensions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Agroecological transitions: What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis

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Transitioning toward more sustainable agricultural development paths requires extensive change and not simply marginal technical adjustments, as suggested by a strong conception of agroecology. To deal with transition, we believe that agroecology can be enriched by a deep analysis of sustainability transition frameworks and, conversely, that preexisting theories can be questioned in light of the specificities of agroecological transitions (AET). We first examine some of the main sustainability transition frameworks (resilience of social-ecological systems, institutional analysis and development of social-ecological systems, and socio-technical transition). We identify their ontologies to question their ability to be combined without deep adjustments. In a second step, we analyze how these frameworks have been used and questioned by researchers from the life sciences or social sciences in four AET studies. We find that each framework is relevant in its systemic and dynamic approach to change, but also that there are limits concerning the balance between the various dimensions. The scales and processes linked to AET must be taken into account, as well as the way to jointly consider ecological, socioeconomic, and technological aspects. Moreover, it is clear that problems in dealing with agency are common to these approaches, which influences the way to model change. More broadly, sustainability transition frameworks need to account better for ecological and technological materialities and processes, the importance of emergent organizations in singular situations, and learning processes and the diversity of knowledge dynamics. Doing so is challenging because it requires regrounding theories in empirical observations as well as questioning disciplinary frontiers and ontologies.

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“…Transition management was developed in an interplay between policy and science in Europe and has been applied to diverse sustainability issues, including water management [20,21], at different geographical scales. To date, only a few studies have taken up transition management in non-European settings [21][22][23][24][25].…”

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Transition Management for Improving the Sustainability of WASH Services in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa—An Exploration

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This paper explores how transition management processes can be designed to address the unsustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in informal settlements in cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The unsustainability of services related to WASH in informal settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa is deeply embedded in current societal and governance structures, cultures, and practices; it is context-dependent and involves numerous actors with different interests. Based on a literature review and empirical work in Arusha (Tanzania), Dodowa (Ghana), and Kampala (Uganda), we identify five context dimensions that account for the unsustainability of WASH services: (a) multiplicity of WASH practices, structures, and arrangements; (b) governance capacities for WASH services and maintenance; (c) landownership for sustainable access to WASH; (d) public participation in decision-making related to WASH; and (e) socio-economic inequalities governing access to WASH. These dimensions pose numerous conceptual and application challenges for transition management. Based on these challenges, recommendations are formulated for the design of a contextualized, participatory transition management process that is not only functional, but also emancipatory.

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“…These applications of transition management have shown that the approach is able to support governance of and for sustainability transitions [22]. Nevertheless, to date, most of the empirical examples of transition management concern cases in Europe [23] and it has very scarcely been applied to address persistent problems in non-western contexts and there are few existing studies of the application of transition management in non-western countries [21,24,25,26].…”

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Applying Transition Management for Improving Sustainability of WASH Services in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa – An Exploration

Silvestri¹,

Wittmayer²,

Schipper³

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The unsustainability of the services related to water, sanitation and hygiene in informal settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa services is deeply embedded in current societal and governance structures, cultures and practices; it is context-dependent and involves numerous actors with different interests. The field of sustainability transitions research addresses such persistent and large scale societal challenges, with transition management being one of its widely applied governance approach. By drawing on an analysis of the root causes of unsustainability and unreliability of WASH services in three case studies in Sub-Saharan Africa (Arusha-Tanzania, Dodowa-Ghana, Kampala-Uganda), we explore how a transition management approach can be designed to support a transition towards sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We distinguish the following contextual dimensions related to the unsustainability of WASH services: a) Multiplicity of WASH practices, structures and arrangements, b) Governance capacities for WASH services and maintenance, c) Landownership for sustainable access to WASH, d) Public participation in decision-making related to WASH, e) socio-economic structures governing access to WASH. These dimensions prompt the identification of conceptual and application challenges for transition management. Based on these challenges, recommendations were formulated for the design of a prescriptive transition management process that is not only functional but also emancipatory of character.

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Adaptive transition for transformations to sustainability in developing countries

Cited by 35 publications

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Agroecological transitions: What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis

Agroecological transitions: What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis

Transition Management for Improving the Sustainability of WASH Services in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa—An Exploration

Applying Transition Management for Improving Sustainability of WASH Services in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa – An Exploration

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Adaptive transition for transformations to sustainability in developing countries

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Agroecological transitions: What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis

Agroecological transitions: What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis

Transition Management for Improving the Sustainability of WASH Services in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa—An Exploration

Applying Transition Management for Improving Sustainability of WASH Services in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa &ndash; An Exploration

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