In
the
field
of
climate
change
adaptation,
future
matters.
Amongst
others,
river
futures
justify
way
adaptation
projects
materialize
in
rivers.
this
paper,
we
challenge
ways
which
dominant
paradigms
and
expert
claims
monopolise
truth
concerning
policies
designs
futures,
side-lining
delegitimizing
alternative
futures.
Currently,
limited
work
is
done
to
critically
reflect
on
power
context
adaptation.
We
conceptualized
through
imaginaries:
collectively
performed
publicly
envisioned
reproductions
riverine
socionatures,
mobilized
social
life
order.
Through
Border
Meuse
project
case
study,
a
stretch
south
Netherlands
proclaimed
success
story
Dutch
water
management,
elucidated
how
three
modern
imaginary,
market-driven
imaginary
an
eco-centric
merged
materialized
as
eco-modern
imaginary.
Importantly,
not
only
merged,
also
their
aligned
regimes
merged.
To
end,
argue
that
George
Orwell’s
famous
quote
“Who
controls
past,
future:
who
present,
past”
can
be
extended
‘Who
future,
see
act
rediscover
past’.
Economic Geography,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 27
Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025
This
commentary
provides
a
short
review
of
the
history
and
current
state
transition
studies,
explores
how
deepened
exchange
with
economic
geographers
could
be
fostered
at
geography
sustainability
transitions
interface
along
three
fronts.
First,
we
argue
that
combined
transitions–economic
perspective
allows
elucidating
coevolution
technologies,
institutions,
actor
networks
creates
multiscalar
spatially
uneven
opportunity
spaces
for
transformative
change.
Second,
it
deeper
process-based
understanding
structural
change
trajectories,
emphasizing
social
construction
material
institutional
elements
their
alignment
into
socio-technical
configurations
work
in
addressing
wicked
problems.
Third,
novel
inroads
conceptualizing—and
critically
questioning—normative,
policy-related
concerns
around
to
achieve
more
just,
resilient,
environmentally
sustainable
futures.
The
article
concludes
epistemological
strategic
considerations
on
further
advance
perspectives.
Progress in Human Geography,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
48(3), С. 292 - 315
Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2024
Although
the
future
is
an
increasingly
important
topic
for
regional
economic
development,
our
knowledge
of
as
a
research
subject
has
been
limited.
Following
futures
studies,
we
develop
perspective
on
specific
version
based
critical
realism.
We
believe
that
discussing
could
be
promising
“boundary
object”
scholars
taking
different
approaches.
Moreover,
argue
geographers’
ability
to
engage
with
in
meaningful
ways
their
past
and
present
if
discipline
retain
its
relevance
future.
Environment and Planning E Nature and Space,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
7(4), С. 1844 - 1867
Опубликована: Март 14, 2024
The
technological
push
for
hydrogen-based
steel
production
has
become
a
flagship
project
of
the
Swedish
state
advancing
its
global
environmental
leadership
and
becoming
world's
first
fossil
free
welfare
state.
new
process
potential
to
drastically
cut
emissions
in
heavy
polluting
industry.
plans
also
entail
drastic
upscale
production,
energy
iron
ore
consumption
risk
increasing
existing
pressures
on
Indigenous
Sami
land,
local
communities,
biodiversity.
This
article
sets
out
investigate
frontier-making
function
green
imaginaries
contribute
debates
sacrificed
spaces
extraction
commodity
demand.
speaks
call
critical
turn
sustainability
transitions
literature
by
introducing
concept
hype
scrutinise
material
consequences
growth-based
transition
imaginaries.
builds
narrative
analysis
government,
industry,
company
actors’
visions
future.
illustrates
how
sociotechnical
are
constructed
enable
particular
industrial
futures
over
other
pathways.
We
show
that
imaginary
steel,
fuelled
through
hype,
serves
advance
growth
industry
while
effectively
cancelling
democratic
nuance
non-extractive
alternatives.
findings
illustrate
importance
pluralising
ensure
inclusive
pathways
discursively
dismantle
fail
break
with
paradigm.
Futures,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
154, С. 103268 - 103268
Опубликована: Окт. 14, 2023
Making
cities
sustainable
is
a
global
commitment.
Achieving
sustainability
in
demands
novel,
integrative,
and
innovative
approaches
that
enable
communities
to
collaboratively
anticipate,
envision,
negotiate
futures
enhance
opportunities
for
action.
Participatory
futuring
promising
approach
drive
urban
sustainability;
however,
it
can
take
many
forms
insights
are
fragmented
across
multiple
fields,
creating
an
incomplete
understanding.
This
systematic
literature
review
aims
shed
light
on
the
existing
of
participatory
identify
potential
research
directions.
Our
study
identifies
how
revolves
around
three
futuring,
i.e.,
1)
interdisciplinary
expert-driven
scenario-building,
2)
quadruple-helix
informing
policy
agendas,
3)
public
social
learning.
Water,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(4), С. 598 - 598
Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2024
In
the
field
of
climate
change
adaptation,
future
matters.
River
futures
influence
way
adaptation
projects
are
implemented
in
rivers.
this
paper,
we
challenge
ways
which
dominant
paradigms
and
expert
claims
monopolise
truth
concerning
policies
designs
river
futures,
thereby
sidelining
delegitimising
alternative
futures.
So
far,
limited
work
has
been
performed
on
power
context
adaptation.
We
conceptualised
through
imaginaries,
i.e.,
collectively
publicly
envisioned
reproductions
riverine
socionatures
mobilised
social
life
order.
Using
Border
Meuse
project
as
a
case
study,
stretch
south
Netherlands,
proclaimed
success
story
Dutch
water
management,
elucidated
how
three
imaginaries
(a
modern
imaginary,
market-driven
an
eco-centric
imaginary)
merged
into
eco-modern
imaginary.
Importantly,
not
only
did
merge,
but
their
aligned
regimes
also
merged.
Thus,
argue
that
George
Orwell’s
famous
quote,
“who
controls
past,
future:
who
present,
past”
can
be
extended
to
future,
see
act
rediscover
past”.
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(13), С. 5397 - 5397
Опубликована: Июнь 25, 2024
The
concept
of
‘sustainable
rural
resiliencies’
has
an
umbrella
consideration
for
multiple
situations.
Against
the
main
stream
geographical
literature,
resistance
associated
with
resilience
is
used.
linked
processes
social
and
spatial
tensions
change
in
community,
while
to
periods
relative
stability
place
at
different
scales.
But,
little
research
uses
as
a
spatial-time
process
complementary
way.
In
this
contribution
we
use
perspective,
socio-spatial
manifestations
global,
national,
regional,
local
levels,
form
four
scalar
spheres
styles
complementarity:
model
stability,
mix
bottom
up,
from
above
tensions.
