Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes
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Authors/contributors
- Lam, David P. M. (Author)
- Martín-López, Berta (Author)
- Wiek, Arnim (Author)
- Bennett, Elena M. (Author)
- Frantzeskaki, Niki (Author)
- Horcea-Milcu, Andra I. (Author)
- Lang, Daniel J. (Author)
Title
Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes
Abstract
Amplifying the impact of sustainability initiatives to foster transformations in urban and rural contexts, has received increasing attention in resilience, social innovation, and sustainability transitions research. We review the literature on amplification frameworks and propose an integrative typology of eight processes, which aim to increase the impact of such initiatives. The eight amplification processes are: stabilizing, speeding up, growing, replicating, transferring, spreading, scaling up, and scaling deep. We aggregated these processes into three categories: amplifying within, amplifying out, and amplifying beyond. This integrative typology aims to stimulate the debate on impact amplification from urban and rural sustainability initiatives across research areas to support sustainability transformations. We propose going beyond an understanding of amplification, which focuses only on the increase of numbers of sustainability initiatives, by considering how these initiatives create transformative change.
Publication
Urban Transformations
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
3
Date
2020-05-14
Journal Abbr
Urban Transform
Language
en
ISSN
2524-8162
Short Title
Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives
Accessed
15/02/2024, 11:38
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Citation
Lam, D. P. M., Martín-López, B., Wiek, A., Bennett, E. M., Frantzeskaki, N., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., & Lang, D. J. (2020). Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes. Urban Transformations, 2(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-020-00007-9
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