主管单位:中国科学技术协会
主办单位:中国地理学会
承办单位:华东师范大学

世界地理研究 ›› 2026, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 68-83.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2026.06.20260122

• 专栏:可持续转型地理的全球经验与中国实践 • 上一篇    下一篇

国际可持续转型地理研究框架问题与拓展方向

胡晓辉1,2,3(), 魏宇晨1(), 董柯4   

  1. 1.南京师范大学地理科学学院,南京 210023
    2.江苏省地理信息资源开发与利用协同创新中心,南京 210023
    3.气候系统预测与变化应对全国重点实验室,南京 210023
    4.浙江师范大学地理与环境科学学院,金华 321004
  • 收稿日期:2025-07-25 修回日期:2025-12-26 出版日期:2026-06-15 发布日期:2026-06-26
  • 通讯作者: 魏宇晨
  • 作者简介:胡晓辉(1982—), 男,教授,博士生导师, 研究方向为经济地理与区域发展, E-mail: huxh@njnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(42371174)

Framework problems and their future expansion directions of the international studies on geographies of sustainability transitions

Xiaohui HU1,2,3(), Yuchen WEI1(), Ke DONG4   

  1. 1.School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
    2.Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China
    3.State Key Laboratory of Climate System Prediction and Risk Management, Nanjing 210023, China
    4.College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
  • Received:2025-07-25 Revised:2025-12-26 Online:2026-06-15 Published:2026-06-26
  • Contact: Yuchen WEI

摘要:

本文聚焦国际可持续转型研究及其地理应用的概念框架问题,通过对当前该领域国际英文期刊论文的系统梳理和分析,旨在对当前国际该领域使用的六大核心概念框架(含战略利基管理、转型管理、多层次视角、技术创新系统、转型能动性及动态和全球创新系统)进行综合比较,从而揭示当前研究领域的视角框架特征和问题,特别指出当前研究存在的视角单一化问题,以及地理概念在理解与应用中解释力的不足。基于此,本文分别探讨了空间、尺度、自然、权力和公正五大地理学核心概念,并分析了它们融入转型地理研究框架的比较优势,进而提出地理概念更有效融入现有视角框架的可能方向。此外,本文指出当前转型地理研究在整合空间公正方面存在的不足,强调应将区域发展不平等问题置于研究的核心位置。

关键词: 可持续转型, 转型地理, 理论框架与视角, 整合拓展, 文献批判

Abstract:

The paper centers on key conceptual frameworks and their geographical applications in the international literature on sustainability transitions. Through a systematic and critical review of the English-speaking journal articles relating to sustainability transitions, the paper aims to comprehensively identify and examine six core conceptual frameworks currently being employed in this field. They are, namely, Strategic Niche Management, Transition Management, Multi-level Perspective, Technological Innovation Systems, Transition Agency and Change in Sustainability Transitions, and Global Innovation Systems. This review paper uncovers the advantages and limitations of these conceptual frameworks/perspectives, highlighting the problems of each framework and particularly the insufficient explanatory power owing to the facts of poorly or not integrating key geographical concepts into these frameworks. Building on such critique, the paper explores five core geographical concepts (space, scale, nature, power, and justice), and analyzes their comparative advantages when doing research on geographies of sustainability transitions. It also proposes potential directions and methodologies for how to properly integrate geographical concepts into the existing frameworks. Furthermore, this paper identifies several key gaps in the existing literature on geographies of sustainability transitions, by suggesting to engage more with the concept of spatial justice. It is particularly argued that regional inequalities should be placed at the core for future studies on geographies of sustainability transitions.

Key words: sustainability transitions, geographies of sustainability transitions, theoretical frameworks and perspectives, integrated expansion, critical review