As games and gamified applications gain prominence in the academic debate on participatory practices, it is worth examining whether application of such tools daily planning practice could be beneficial. This study identifies a research–practice gap current state urban practices three European cities. Planners policymakers acknowledge benefits employing to illustrate complex issues, evoke social learning, make participation more accessible. However, series impediments relating planners’...

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The Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the natural resource development lexicon in North and South America as well Australia. In Europe, concept SLO relation mining is still early maturation acceptance possibly due very different worldview that exists Europe. European 'condition' can be characterized by a greater degree trust governance bodies role they play prioritizing best interests citizens serve. 'Scalar Model' inspired Thomson Boutilier's original...

The Paris Agreement and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals clearly demonstrate need for global energy transitions. Evolving generation expansion of renewable capacity associated infrastructure contribute to changing increasing demands minerals metals. potential negative environmental, social economic impacts increased mineral resource production have been contested are under scrutiny by both academia civil society. Responsible Sourcing (RS) has become a management approach...

While knowledge integration has been well framed conceptually, the structural aspects that support co- learning and in transdisciplinary research remain only modestly addressed. Addressing this gap, we enlighten how a conceptual framework – building on former work by Ostrom, Giddens Whaley could help to structure analyse systemic processes. The model is based project, 'Region Römerland Carnuntum 2040', aiming investigate trigger regional sustainability transformations via experimentation...

Environmental concerns and potential social-economic impacts associated with fossil fuels have turned cities into indispensable entities for supporting energy transitions in China. Pursuing a transition towards sustainable system has become major policy concern the Chinese central government. In response, on basis of top-down conformance-oriented implementation evaluation, government launched various policies targets efficiency production that lower levels to follow. However, translation...

Game design mostly engages future players as users and testers, whereas in the field of serious game design, approaches involving more substantially are slowly emerging. This paper documents participatory prototyping process Energy Safari, a for energy transition Province Groningen, reports on differences contributions made to development by separate groups stakeholders. Each group contributed most elements that relevant their interests. Overall, this study points potential method develop...

Geographical indications (GIs) are collective intellectual property rights that protect food and other products uniquely linked to the production area, local geophysical conditions, traditions, namely, with terroir. Thus, GIs can contribute transmission retention of culinary heritages historical practices. Based on an analysis application documents, we compare linkages all Japanese Austrian GI products. Although more than half applications refer roots in 20th century, median is 17th century....

This study examines the four cases of World Heritage protected cultural landscapes in Europe that are characterized by mining order to identify role plays today such landscapes, legal requirements for their protection, and also exploration exploitation these areas differences exist between five European countries concerned. Using a qualitative comparative case approach, authors find active is taking place Austrian case, happening adjacent German/Czech landscape. The protection mainly based...

Energy transition is an encompassing process which not only involves the energy system but also landscape in embedded. Renewable triggering new interactions with local landscapes physical, socio-economic and institutional senses. We capture these using concept, expresses interdependence of landscape. aim to understand whether how initiatives facilitate this interdependency so as see if can be considered focal points transition. analyse emerging link different interests, land uses activities...

Mineral resource policy deals not only with industrial and trade aspects but is nowadays also increasingly concerned topics such as environmental protection social development. The tensions associated strongly divergent opinions among various stakeholder groups cast it a 'wicked problem'. process of redeveloping the 'Austrian Resources Strategy' allows for examination different frames identification potential frame conflicts in consultation processes at national level. Using Q-methodology,...

The sustainable supply of raw materials to an expanding global population and rising consumption requires novel governance approaches. Such approaches have recently come include the topic 'minerals safeguarding'. In Austria, objective minerals safeguarding has translated into internationally recognised policy instrument, Austrian Raw Materials Plan. Our paper investigates how approach is provincial regional land use planning in Austria. Following a comparative nine provinces via document...

Abstract Transdisciplinary research (TDR) collaborations are considered effective when they yield relevant results for science and practice. In this context, the different expectations, experiences, skills, disciplines of team members involved determine TDR collaboration. Using example 13 in 3-year project ‘Römerland Carnuntum 2040’ (Austria), we aim to identify compare diverse expectations regarding doing so, question often emphasised dichotomy between practice as main challenge...

While mineral resource extraction is a contested land-use under increased societal scrutiny, it tremendously important for clean energy transition and economic development. Despite demand, access to resources is, however, subject different stakeholder interests often reflected in competing forms of institutional complexity two policy streams minerals land use planning. During the last decade public responses Europe introduced new instruments such as protection deposits or valorisation...

The integration of learning goals with game mechanics in serious games used urban and spatial planning processes has the potential to enable designers planners create narratives tightly aligned particular lead increased outcomes. This study presents results from testing Energy Safari, a for energy transition province Groningen, empirically associates specific events, derived players' reports. research is based on analysis post-play questionnaires. Play-testing Safari illustrates that...

This article explores the issue of scale in social licence to operate (SLO) which, date, is understudied. The community-company relationship original, and still predominant, conceptualization term with less tangible society-industry not typically focus. Although literature distinguishes between community societal scales, there no research on why distinction important, how two scales are integrated or whether they interact influence one another. Exploring SLO important for theoretical...

Spurring societal transformations towards sustainability requires the active engagement of different actor groups with their broad range preferences, interests and values. Individuals communities need to acquire knowledge, skills, capacities enabling them navigate transformative change. Serious games can act as such capacity building tools but also a feedback loop for research policy processes.