Participation in Sustainability Transitions: A Case Study of Engagement in Ottawa’s Energy Evolution Strategy
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This thesis engages with the issue of how cities are responding to climate change focusing on municipal-level energy transition planning in the city of Ottawa, Ontario Canada, using a case-study of participation in Ottawa's Energy Evolution Strategy. This thesis draws on 14 interviews with Energy Evolution participants and city staff as well as other primary sources. It examines engagement in Energy Evolution informed by two theoretical frames: constructivist STS and ecological democracy. Informed by STS theory, I show that Energy Evolution was purposefully created and only partially framed as participatory. Informed by the theory of ecological democracy, I show that Energy Evolution was only partly participatory as envisioned by ecological democracy theorists. Informed by this analysis, I argue for the increased role of non-state actors in transitions processes. For such processes to be effective, these actors require an understanding of, and influence on, participatory processes in environmentally empowered institutional spaces.
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Copyright © 2021 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
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