TY - JOUR
T1 - A participatory systems mapping approach for sustainability transitions
T2 - Insights from an experience in the tourism sector in Portugal
AU - Tourais, Patrícia
AU - Videira, Nuno
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/OE/59983/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/154702/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/157509/PT#
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - The use of participatory modelling approaches in sustainability transition studies has been limited despite its potential contributions to transitions research. In this article, a methodological framework was designed based on a Participatory Systems Mapping (PSM) approach to structure and frame sustainability problems in transition management processes. The framework comprises three phases: 1) transition framing and actor selection, 2) PSM transition workshop, and 3) synthesis and evaluation. In a case study of the Portuguese tourism sector, participants created a shared systems view of tourism sustainability issues, based on the development of causal loop diagrams. Transition concepts, such as landscape-regime and niche-regime interactions, are specified in the diagrams. The PSM approach also provided a collaborative platform for co-creation of shared sustainability visions, thus fostering formalisation of a broad roadmap for desired transition pathways.
AB - The use of participatory modelling approaches in sustainability transition studies has been limited despite its potential contributions to transitions research. In this article, a methodological framework was designed based on a Participatory Systems Mapping (PSM) approach to structure and frame sustainability problems in transition management processes. The framework comprises three phases: 1) transition framing and actor selection, 2) PSM transition workshop, and 3) synthesis and evaluation. In a case study of the Portuguese tourism sector, participants created a shared systems view of tourism sustainability issues, based on the development of causal loop diagrams. Transition concepts, such as landscape-regime and niche-regime interactions, are specified in the diagrams. The PSM approach also provided a collaborative platform for co-creation of shared sustainability visions, thus fostering formalisation of a broad roadmap for desired transition pathways.
KW - Methodological framework
KW - Multi-level perspective
KW - Participatory systems mapping
KW - Transition management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100004181&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2021.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2021.01.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100004181
VL - 38
SP - 153
EP - 168
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
SN - 2210-4224
ER -