@article{ba730e14335243d8b1756539c0867a4d,
title = "The social management of environmental change",
abstract = "While environmental change and policy responses to environmental threat have attracted considerable attention from government and industry over the past decade, conventional approaches have tended to be individualistic, naturalistic and government-led in orientation. This article considers a perspective on 'sustainable development' which emphasizes citizen-led initiatives. In particular, the possibilities for 'bridging the gap' between innovation processes and the implementation of technology are discussed. Three European case-studies are presented of a constructive and citizen-led 'social management' of environmental change-urban ecology, wind energy and science shops. Conclusions are then reached about the policy and theoretical significance of these social experiments.",
author = "Alan Irwin and Susse Georg and Philip Vergragt",
note = "Funding Information: Dr Irwin can be contacted at the Department of Human Sciences, Brunei University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK (Tel: + 44 895 274000; fax: + 44 895 232806). Susse Georg is with the Institute for Transport, Tourism and Regional Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Blaagaardsgade 23B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark. Philip Vergragt can be contacted at the Faculty of Technology and Society, Delft University of Technology, De Vries van Heystplantsoen 2, 2628 RZ Delft, The Netherlands. The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Commission of the European Communities for a research grant within the programme: Research on Social and Economic Aspects of the Environment (DC X11/D/5).",
year = "1994",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/0016-3287(94)90018-3",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
pages = "323--334",
journal = "Futures",
issn = "0016-3287",
publisher = "Pergamon Press",
number = "3",
}