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The spatial dynamics of niche trajectory: the case of wave energy

dc.contributor.authorFontes, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-22T15:55:06Z
dc.date.available2016-03-22T15:55:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper proposes that niches, as protected spaces where technologies are developed and articulated with societal needs, transcend territorial boundaries, encompassing communities and actions that span several spatial levels. To support this assertion, the paper builds on the socio-cognitive perspective to niche development and extends it, introducing a new dimension – space – thus broadening and “spatializing” the concept of technological niche. This framework is applied to the case of wave energy. Empirical research combines a generic analysis of the construction of an “overall niche space” with a detailed analysis of the processes taking place in Portugal, which was one of the pioneers in the emerging field. The results confirm the niche multi-spatial dynamics, showing that it is shaped by the interplay between a niche relational space constructed by actors’ actions and interactions, and the territorial effects introduced by their embeddedness in particular geographical and institutional settings.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationFontes, M.; Sousa, C.; Ferreira, J. - The spatial dynamics of niche trajectory: the case of wave energy. In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, (2015), 19 p. [article in press]pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eist.2015.09.003pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2210-4224
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/2895
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2015.09.003pt_PT
dc.subjectWave energypt_PT
dc.subjectTechnological innovation systemspt_PT
dc.subjectSpatial diffusionpt_PT
dc.subjectStrategic managementpt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleThe spatial dynamics of niche trajectory: the case of wave energypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleEnvironmental Innovation and Societal Transitionspt_PT
person.familyNameDuarte de Castro Fontes
person.familyNameSousa
person.givenNameMaria Margarida
person.givenNameCristina
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8051-3943
person.identifier.ridJ-3147-2012
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