The geography of just transitions: a place-based framework

Autor(en)
Maximilian Benner, Virginia Chiara Grünenwald, Jannik Kastrup
Abstrakt

Countering the climate urgency requires industrial transitions in emission-intensive industries such as automotive, cement, metalworking, pulp and paper, and (petro)chemical manufacturing. While the ‘just transition’ literature asks how transitions can be made socially just, this article argues that the course and shape of just transitions in industrial regions depend on sources of structural, instrumental and ideological power rooted in place-based factors. This article presents a place-based framework to understand the opportunities and challenges for just transitions in different regions and contributes to advancing regional just transition policies.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Journal
Regional Studies
Band
60
ISSN
0034-3404
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2606364
Publikationsdatum
01-2026
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Allgemeine Umweltwissenschaft, Allgemeine Sozialwissenschaften
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 9 – Industrie, Innovation und Infrastruktur
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