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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Planning for the Energy Transition and How to Overcome the Misfits of the Current Paradigm
Contributor:
Roggema, Rob
imprint:
MDPI AG, 2020
Published in:World
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/world1030019
ISSN:
2673-4060
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>The current paradigm for planning an energy transition is often embedded in practices within the existing political and societal regime. Within this paradigm, a genuine transformation to a fully fossil-free future is often not achieved. Thus, the problem is that in order to arrive at such a newly conceived future, the concepts and solutions created need to be fundamentally different from practices in recent past and present. At the same time, the community is not prepared for big changes, and the unknown future is experienced as uncertain and undesirable. These two mechanisms perpetuate current practices and prevent a new future from emerging. In this article, we will demonstrate how these two movements can be connected to disrupt incremental and path-dependent development, allowing people to become visionary and co-design a transformative future with innovative concepts. The Dutch Groningen region is used as an illustrative example for realising fundamental shifts supported by a bottom-up engagement process.</jats:p>