All Outputs (35)

Towards a sustainable economy? Socio-technical transitions in the green building sector (2013)
Journal Article
O'Neill, K., & Gibbs, D. (2014). Towards a sustainable economy? Socio-technical transitions in the green building sector. Local environment, 19(6), 572-590. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2013.818954

Making the transition to a green economy is a major policy driver in the UK and other countries. Entrepreneurs are suggested as being at the forefront of this transition and as a driving force for sustainability. These “green entrepreneurs” may repre... Read More about Towards a sustainable economy? Socio-technical transitions in the green building sector.

The competition state, city-regions, and the territorial politics of growth facilitation (2013)
Journal Article
While, A., Gibbs, D., & Jonas, A. E. G. (2013). The competition state, city-regions, and the territorial politics of growth facilitation. Environment & planning. A, 45(10), 2379-2398. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45210

As urban centres of agglomeration expand and compete for investment, new demands may arise for additional housing, infrastructure, and services. Failure to meet these demands imposes costs on firms and workers, stifles expansion, and potentially comp... Read More about The competition state, city-regions, and the territorial politics of growth facilitation.

Framing GM crops as a food security solution (2011)
Journal Article
Dibden, J., Gibbs, D., & Cocklin, C. (2013). Framing GM crops as a food security solution. Journal of rural studies, 29, 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.11.001

The spectre of a food security crisis has raised important questions about future directions for agriculture and given fresh impetus to a long-standing debate about the potential contribution of agricultural biotechnology to food security. This paper... Read More about Framing GM crops as a food security solution.

The new urban politics as a politics of carbon control (2011)
Journal Article
Jonas, A. E., Gibbs, D., & While, A. (2011). The new urban politics as a politics of carbon control. Urban studies, 48(12), 2537-2554. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098011411951

The new urban politics (NUP) literature has helped to draw attention to a new generation of entrepreneurial urban regimes involved in the competition to attract investment to cities. Interurban competition often had negative environmental consequence... Read More about The new urban politics as a politics of carbon control.

Fractures in meta-narratives of development: an interpretive institutionalist account of land use development in the Boston city-region (2011)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., & Krueger, R. (2012). Fractures in meta-narratives of development: an interpretive institutionalist account of land use development in the Boston city-region. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 36(2), 363-380. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01061.x

This article explores economy-environment relations in urban areas through a focus upon the reorientation of development in the Boston city-region in Massachusetts around a vision of smart growth. The article draws upon the evolving tradition of crit... Read More about Fractures in meta-narratives of development: an interpretive institutionalist account of land use development in the Boston city-region.

Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding (2010)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., Morris, C., Gilna, B., & Gibbs, D. (2011). Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding. Agriculture and human values, 28(4), 533-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-010-9298-2

This paper examines the discourses and practices of pedigree livestock breeding, focusing on beef cattle and sheep in the UK, concentrating on an under-examined aspect of this – the deselection and rejection of some animals from future breeding popul... Read More about Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding.

Competitive global city regions and 'sustainable development': an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England (2010)
Journal Article
Krueger, R., & Gibbs, D. (2010). Competitive global city regions and 'sustainable development': an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England. Environment & planning. A, 42(4), 821-837. https://doi.org/10.1068/a42111

This paper presents an argument and empirical case study to draw out additional nuance in the social construction of institutions. Adapting the conceptual work of political scientists Mark Bevir and Roderick Rhodes to recent accounts in economic geog... Read More about Competitive global city regions and 'sustainable development': an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England.

From sustainable development to carbon control: Eco-state restructuring and the politics of urban and regional development (2009)
Journal Article
While, A., Jonas, A. E. G., & Gibbs, D. (2010). From sustainable development to carbon control: Eco-state restructuring and the politics of urban and regional development. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 35(1), 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00362.x

The management of carbon emissions holds some prospect for challenging sustainable development as the organising principle of socio-environmental regulation. This paper explores the rise of a distinctive low-carbon polity as an ideological state proj... Read More about From sustainable development to carbon control: Eco-state restructuring and the politics of urban and regional development.

Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: The new territorial politics of collective provision (2009)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D. C., Jonas, A. E. G., & While, A. H. (2010). Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: The new territorial politics of collective provision. Regional studies, 44(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802662666

JONAS A. E. G., WHILE A. H. and GIBBS D. C. Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: the new territorial politics of collective provision, Regional Studies. Research on the geography of urban and regional economic developm... Read More about Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: The new territorial politics of collective provision.

Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities (2009)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., Morris, C., Gilna, B., & Gibbs, D. (2009). Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 34(3), 394-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00347.x

Genetic techniques have become increasingly prevalent in livestock breeding, associated with new types of knowledge-practice and changes in the institutional and geographical relationships related to animal husbandry. This paper examines the value of... Read More about Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities.

Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy (2008)
Journal Article
Deutz, P., & Gibbs, D. (2008). Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy. Regional studies, 42(10), 1313-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802195121

Industrial ecology and regional development: eco-industrial development as cluster policy, Regional Studies. Aspects of industrial ecology fit closely with work in regional development investigating clustering, networking, and local economic developm... Read More about Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy.

Industrial ecosystems? The use of tropes in the literature of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks (2008)
Journal Article
McManus, P., & Gibbs, D. (2008). Industrial ecosystems? The use of tropes in the literature of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks. Progress in human geography, 32(4), 525-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132507088118

Industrial ecology is often promoted as a practice to close industrial production loops and reduce waste, thereby making better use of resources and preventing the overuse of raw materials. Eco-industrial parks (ElPs) are the spatial concentrations o... Read More about Industrial ecosystems? The use of tropes in the literature of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks.

Competitiveness versus 'clean and green'? The regulation and governance of GMOs in Australia and the UK (2008)
Journal Article
Cocklin, C., Dibden, J., & Gibbs, D. (2008). Competitiveness versus 'clean and green'? The regulation and governance of GMOs in Australia and the UK. Geoforum, 39(1), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.09.009

It is increasingly argued that we are entering into a "biotech century", in which biotechnology promises major advances in agricultural productivity. The development of biotechnology is not a straightforward affair, however, and the advent of GMOs ha... Read More about Competitiveness versus 'clean and green'? The regulation and governance of GMOs in Australia and the UK.

Reflections on implementing industrial ecology through eco-industrial park development (2007)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., & Deutz, P. (2007). Reflections on implementing industrial ecology through eco-industrial park development. Journal of cleaner production, 15(17), 1683-1695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.02.003

This paper investigates whether eco-industrial parks (EIPs) offer possibilities to implement sustainable development policies. EIPs are based upon industrial ecology principles that suggest industrial systems can operate in a similar fashion to natur... Read More about Reflections on implementing industrial ecology through eco-industrial park development.

Implementing industrial ecology? Planning for eco-industrial parks in the USA (2004)
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Gibbs, D., & Deutz, P. (2005). Implementing industrial ecology? Planning for eco-industrial parks in the USA. Geoforum, 36(4), 452-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.07.009

Despite the widespread incorporation of sustainable development into policy discourses, actually achieving the 'win-win-win' scenario of economic, environmental and social development continues to be problematic. Advocates of industrial ecology sugge... Read More about Implementing industrial ecology? Planning for eco-industrial parks in the USA.