Facilitating Low-Carbon Living? A Comparison of Intervention Measures in Different Community-Based Initiatives
| Autor: | Martina Schäfer, Iris Kunze, Willi Haas, Michaela Leitner, Sabine Hielscher, Daniel Hausknost, Sylvia Mandl |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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lcsh:TJ807-830
Geography Planning and Development lcsh:Renewable energy sources 0211 other engineering and technologies Psychological intervention intentional communities ecovillages 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law low-carbon municipalities 01 natural sciences Intervention measures 11. Sustainability ddc:333 lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences lcsh:GE1-350 Community based low-carbon measures Vision social practice theories Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Corporate governance 021107 urban & regional planning interventions in practices Public relations Social practice lcsh:TD194-195 Framing (social sciences) 13. Climate action restrict business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability; Volume 10; Issue 4; Pages: 1047 Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 1047 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su10041047 |
| Popis: | The challenge of facilitating a shift towards sustainable housing, food and mobility has been taken up by diverse community-based initiatives ranging from “top-down” approaches in low-carbon municipalities to “bottom-up” approaches in intentional communities. This paper compares intervention measures in four case study areas belonging to these two types, focusing on their potential of re-configuring daily housing, food, and mobility practices. Taking up critics on dominant intervention framings of diffusing low-carbon technical innovations and changing individual behavior, we draw on social practice theory for the empirical analysis of four case studies. Framing interventions in relation to re-configuring daily practices, the paper reveals differences and weaknesses of current low-carbon measures of community-based initiatives in Germany and Austria. Low-carbon municipalities mainly focus on introducing technologies and offering additional infrastructure and information to promote low-carbon practices. They avoid interfering into residents’ daily lives and do not restrict carbon-intensive practices. In contrast, intentional communities base their interventions on the collective creation of shared visions, decisions, and rules and thus provide social and material structures, which foster everyday low-carbon practices and discourage carbon-intensive ones. The paper discusses the relevance of organizational and governance structures for implementing different types of low-carbon measures and points to opportunities for broadening current policy strategies. |
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