Transformational change is not always intentional. However, deliberate transformations are imperative to achieve the sustainable visions that future generations deserve. Small, unintentional tweaks will not be enough to overcome persistent and emergent urban challenges. Recent scholarship on sustainability transformations has evolved considerably, but there is no consensus on what qualifies transformational change. We describe variations in current discussions of intentional sustainability transformations in the literature and synthesize strategies from funding institutions' recent requests for proposals for urban sustainability transformations. Research funding initiatives calling for transformational change are increasingly common and are an important driver of how transformational change is articulated in research-practice in cities. From this synthesis, we present seven criteria for transformational change that provide direction for framing and implementing transformational change initiatives.
1.Georgia State Univ, Andrew Young Sch Policy Studies, Urban Studies Inst, POB 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302 USA 2.New Sch, Dept Environm Studies, Urban Syst Lab, 79 Fifth Ave,1605, New York, NY 10003 USA 3.Univ Austral Chile, Inst Ciencias Ambientales & Evolut, Ave Rector Eduardo Morales Miranda S-N, Valdivia 5090000, Chile 4.Univ Chile, Inst Ecol & Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras 3425, Nunoa 7750000, Region Metropol, Chile 5.Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, POB 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA 6.Arizona State Univ, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Inst Sustainabil, POB 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
Recommended Citation:
Iwaniec, David M.,Cook, Elizabeth M.,Barbosa, Olga,et al. The Framing of Urban Sustainability Transformations[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2019-01-01,11(3)