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Review
. 2022 Oct;16(10):e12662.
doi: 10.1111/gec3.12662. Epub 2022 Oct 10.

Creating fairer futures for sustainability transitions

Louise M Fitzgerald  1 , Anna R Davies  2
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Review

Creating fairer futures for sustainability transitions

Louise M Fitzgerald et al. Geogr Compass. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Futures thinking is an expanding interdisciplinary field which is seen as a key element of transitioning towards a more sustainable planet and society. Developing fairer futuring is increasingly urgent in the context of the radical reconfiguration of current systems needed to meet complex global sustainability challenges. However, explicit consideration of uneven power and participation and the nature-society relations that feature in contemporary futuring processes has been given little explicit attention to date. This deficit is addressed in this paper through a critical review of dominant futuring approaches and outlining insights from critical perspectives which (a) identify limitations of current futuring approaches and (b) provide important perspectives to help shape fairer futuring in geographical research.

Keywords: diverse economies; feminist geography; feminist political ecology; future studies; futuring; sustainability.

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