Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda

David Gibbs and Kirstie O'Neill

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Abstract: The past thirty years have seen an explosion of interest and concern over the detrimental impacts of economic and industrial development. Despite this, the environmental agenda has not featured substantially in the regional studies literature. This paper explores a range of options for regional futures from a ‘clean tech’ economy and the promise of renewed accumulation, through to more radical degrowth concepts focused on altering existing modes of production and consumption, ecological sustainability and social justice. In so doing, we investigate the potential role of regions as drivers of the new green economy, drawing on research into sustainability transitions.

Keywords: Green economy; Transitions research; Clean tech; Degrowth; Regional Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q5 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01-02
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Published in Regional Studies, 2, January, 2017, 51(1), pp. 161-173. ISSN: 0034-3404

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