Unravelling The Role Of Green Entrepreneurs In Urban Sustainability Transitions

Gibbs, David; Yu, Zhen

Abstract

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: emergence of green entrepreneurs, multi-scalar interest coordination, empowering through anchoring, and struggling with the regime at the urban scale. This framework is illustrated through an empirical analysis of the role of green entrepreneurs in the development of the solar water heater industry in China’s Solar City. The analysis unravels how the local institutional contexts and multi-scalar relations empowered local green entrepreneurs to become system builders for urban transitions.

Citation

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

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 17, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Dec 17, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 22, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 22, 2019
• Journal: Urban Studies
• Print ISSN: 0042-0980
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019888144
• Keywords: green entrepreneurs, urban sustainability transitions, relational geography, latecomer cities, agency and power.
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2975578
• Contract Date: Oct 22, 2019