Outputs (41)

Brands,Branding and Regional Cluster Development:The Emerging Economic Geographies of the Chinese Baijiu Industry (2023)
Journal Article
Yang, H., Gibbs, D., Jonas, A., & Peng, G. (2023). Brands,Branding and Regional Cluster Development:The Emerging Economic Geographies of the Chinese Baijiu Industry. Global Cities Research/全球城市研究, 3(2), 97-120

This paper investigates the vigorous economy of the Chinese Baijiu(a traditional liquor) with regard to the specific brands,their production and consumption and marketing,intersected with provincial and regional identities.The paper explores the ecol... Read More about Brands,Branding and Regional Cluster Development:The Emerging Economic Geographies of the Chinese Baijiu Industry.

The green economy (2020)
Other
Gibbs, D. (online). The green economy

This encyclopedia entry examines the rise of what is termed the ‘green economy’. While there are many definitions and interpretations of how it can be defined and what it means, the basic idea comes from a growing awareness that our current forms of... Read More about The green economy.

Green EConomy (2020)
Book Chapter
Gibbs, D. (2020). Green EConomy. In J.-F. Morin, & A. Orsini (Eds.), Essential concepts of global environmental governance. (2nd). Routledge

Brands and Branding: An Analysis of the Evolutionary Development of Baijiu Industry Clusters in China (2020)
Thesis
Yang, H. Brands and Branding: An Analysis of the Evolutionary Development of Baijiu Industry Clusters in China. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4508198

Research into industry clusters and brands and branding has emerged and developed in the Western world for decades. In China, the Reform and Opening up policy adopted since the late 1970s, has resulted in impressive economic growth around economic cl... Read More about Brands and Branding: An Analysis of the Evolutionary Development of Baijiu Industry Clusters in China.

Sustainability transitions and policy dismantling: Zero carbon housing in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
O'Neill, K., & Gibbs, D. (2020). Sustainability transitions and policy dismantling: Zero carbon housing in the UK. Geoforum, 108, 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.11.011

In this paper we examine the failure of the zero carbon homes agenda in the UK and argue that it represents a case of policy dismantling, where a range of policies and programmes have been introduced, revised and then removed by government. We bring... Read More about Sustainability transitions and policy dismantling: Zero carbon housing in the UK.

Unravelling The Role Of Green Entrepreneurs In Urban Sustainability Transitions (2019)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., & Yu, Z. (in press). Unravelling The Role Of Green Entrepreneurs In Urban Sustainability Transitions. Urban studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019888144

This paper aims to understand the role of green entrepreneurs in urban sustainability transitions. We propose an analytical framework combining transition approaches and green entrepreneurship from a relational lens. It includes four processes: emerg... Read More about Unravelling The Role Of Green Entrepreneurs In Urban Sustainability Transitions.

Governing Resource Flows in a Circular Economy: Rerouting Materials in an Established Policy Landscape (2019)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Baxter, H., & Gibbs, D. (2019). Governing Resource Flows in a Circular Economy: Rerouting Materials in an Established Policy Landscape. In L. E. Macaskie, D. J. Sapsford, & W. M. Mayes (Eds.), Resource Recovery from Wastes: Towards a Circular Economy (375-394). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788016353-00375

The development of a Circular Economy, whereby resources are kept in circulation for the extraction of maximum value, has captured extensive policy and academic attention. The circularisation of material flows is likely to prove a task for a generati... Read More about Governing Resource Flows in a Circular Economy: Rerouting Materials in an Established Policy Landscape.

Social ties, homophily and heterophily in urban sustainability transitions: User practices and solar water heater diffusion in China (2018)
Journal Article
Yu, Z., & Gibbs, D. (2018). Social ties, homophily and heterophily in urban sustainability transitions: User practices and solar water heater diffusion in China. Energy research & social science ERSS, 46, 236-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.07.029

This paper aims to explore the potential of latecomer cities in sustainability transitions from the demand side. The case study investigates the role of users and their social ties in influencing the popularisation of solar water heaters in a latecom... Read More about Social ties, homophily and heterophily in urban sustainability transitions: User practices and solar water heater diffusion in China.

Examining regional competitiveness and the pressures of rapid growth: An interpretive institutionalist account of policy responses in three city regions (2018)
Journal Article
Krueger, R., Gibbs, D., & Carr, C. (2018). Examining regional competitiveness and the pressures of rapid growth: An interpretive institutionalist account of policy responses in three city regions. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36(6), 965-986. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654418767661

This paper is premised on the notion that actors play a central role in shaping their institutional contexts. The paper adds to scholarship in this area by bringing together three disparate cases with a common analytical entry point: the city region.... Read More about Examining regional competitiveness and the pressures of rapid growth: An interpretive institutionalist account of policy responses in three city regions.

Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market (2018)
Journal Article
Yu, Z., & Gibbs, D. (2018). Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market. Energy policy, 115, 366-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.01.041

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Researchers have contributed a fruitful understanding of the facilitating factors for solar water heaters (SWH) diffusion in China at different governance levels. However, the barriers to its further diffusion in the urban environ... Read More about Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market.