TY - JOUR
T1 - Nature-based innovation systems
AU - van der Jagt, Alexander P. N.
AU - Raven, Rob
AU - Dorst, Hade
AU - Runhaar, Hens
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable reflections and detailed comments, which helped us to improve the quality of this paper. This research has been funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 730243 and participating partners in the NATURVATION project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Transitions literature regards technologies as critical components in shifting systems towards sustainability, which has informed the development of the technology-oriented Technological Innovation System (TIS) framework. The emerging discourse on nature-based solutions (NBS) – multifunctional nature-integrated spatial planning and design innovations – raises the question to what extent TIS can account for the development and diffusion of NBS. Following a literature review, we present the Nature-Based Innovation System (NBIS) framework delineating critical factors for urban nature-based innovation. We find both commonalities and differences between TIS and NBIS, suggesting that the roles of place-based dynamics, agency and governance structure are more central to nature-based innovation, and market formation is more central to technological innovation. This has implications for the study of sustainability transitions, which has likely underplayed the potential of innovations at the nexus of socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. Future research is needed to refine the NBIS framework, for example by studying evolutionary developmental trajectories.
AB - Transitions literature regards technologies as critical components in shifting systems towards sustainability, which has informed the development of the technology-oriented Technological Innovation System (TIS) framework. The emerging discourse on nature-based solutions (NBS) – multifunctional nature-integrated spatial planning and design innovations – raises the question to what extent TIS can account for the development and diffusion of NBS. Following a literature review, we present the Nature-Based Innovation System (NBIS) framework delineating critical factors for urban nature-based innovation. We find both commonalities and differences between TIS and NBIS, suggesting that the roles of place-based dynamics, agency and governance structure are more central to nature-based innovation, and market formation is more central to technological innovation. This has implications for the study of sustainability transitions, which has likely underplayed the potential of innovations at the nexus of socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. Future research is needed to refine the NBIS framework, for example by studying evolutionary developmental trajectories.
KW - Environmental governance
KW - Geography of transitions
KW - Nature-based solutions
KW - Sustainability transitions
KW - Technological innovation systems
KW - Urban development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2019.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2019.09.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073077410
SN - 2210-4224
VL - 35
SP - 202
EP - 216
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
ER -
