Publications and Research Outputs

Although the full list of research outputs is available from my extended CV, below are as many pdfs of these research outputs that can be made available. Alternatively, a detailed listing with some full text attachments is available on Research Gate.

Implications of increasing world oil scarcity for national food security in South Africa

Author(s): J. Wakeford & M. Swilling

Type of publication: Journal Article

Reference details: J. Wakeford & M. Swilling (2014) Implications of increasing world oil scarcity for national food security in South Africa, Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa, 53(4):68-91, DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2014.974626

Keywords: national food security, oil dependence, oil shocks, sustainable agriculture, relocalisation

Download: Wakeford Swilling (2014) Oil food security in SA (Agrekon 53-4)

Untamed Urbanisms

Author(s): Allen, D., Lampis, A. & Swilling, M. (eds.)

Type of publication: Edited Book

Reference details: Allen, A., Lampis, A. & Swilling, M. (eds.) 2016. Untamed Urbanisms. New York: Routledge.

Keywords: urban development urban governance sustainable urbanization urban social movements

Download: Untamed Urbanism

Intermediaries and learning in sustainability-oriented urban transitions: a transdisciplinary case study from Stellenbosch Municipality

Author(s): Davies, M. & Swilling, M.

Type of publication: Conference Paper

Reference details: Davies, M. & Swilling, M. 2015. Intermediaries and learning in sustainability-oriented urban transitions: a transdisciplinary case study from Stellenbosch Municipality. Paper delivered at International Sustainability Transitions 2015 Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton.

Keywords: urban transition, intermediaries, urban learning, co-production, transdisciplinarity

Download: Davies_Swilling_C4

Preparing for Global Transition: Implications of the Work of the International Resource Panel

Author(s): Mark Swilling

Type of publication: Book Chapter

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2016. Preparing for Global Transition: Implications of the Work of the International Resource Panel. In: Brauch, H.G., Sping, U.O., Grin, J. & Scheffran, J. Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace. London: Springer.

Keywords: transition, sustainability, material flows, global economy, transformation

Download: HEX_X_Swilling_hgb_CE_26-2-2015 (2)

Contesting inclusive urbanism in a divided city: the limits to the neoliberalisation of Cape Town’s energy systems

Author(s): Mark Swilling

Type of publication: Journal article

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2013. Contesting inclusive urbanism in a divided city: the limits to the neoliberalisation of Cape Town’s energy system. Urban Studies, 51(15):3180-3197.

Keywords: urban theory, urban change, neoliberalism, inequality, energy

Download: UrbanStudiesFINAL

Peak oil as a stimulus for a green economy transition in South Africa: alternative liquid fuel and transport options

Author(s): Jeremy Wakeford and Mark Swilling

Type of publication: Journal article

Reference details: Wakeford, J. & Swilling, M. 2014. Peak oil as a stimulus for a green economy transition in South Africa: alternative liquid fuel and transport options. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, 9(2):133-153.

Keywords: oil peak, green economy, transition, South Africa, economic development, transport

Download: PeakOil

City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions

Author(s): Swilling, M., Robinson, B., Marvin, S. & Hodson, M. 2013.

Type of publication: Report

Reference details: Swilling, M.; Robinson, B.; Marvin, S.; Hodson, M. 2013. City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions. Paris: International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Programme.

Keywords: urban transition, infrastructure governance, urban metabolism, urban governance

Download: Cities-Full_Report

Rethinking the science-policy interface in South Africa: Experiments in knowledge co-production

Author(s): Swilling, M.

Type of publication: Journal Article

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2014. Rethinking the science-policy interface in South Africa: Experiments in knowledge co-production. South African Journal of Science, 110(5/6): 1-7.

Keywords: transdisciplinary research, transdisciplinarity, policy-making, knowledge

Download: SwillingSAJS

Greening African Economies: Reflections on an Emerging Contested Discourse

Author(s): Swilling, M.

Type of publication: Magazine article

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2014. Greening African Economies: Reflections on an Emerging Contested Discourse. Heinrich Boll Stiftung (ed.), Perspectives. 2, September 2014:6-12.

Keywords: Africa, green economy, natural resources, resource curse, transition

Download: HeinrichBoll

Economic Crisis, Long Waves and the Sustainability Transition: An African Perspective. Environmental Innovations and Societal Transitions, 6:96-115.

Author(s): Swilling, M.

Type of publication: Journal article

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2013. Economic Crisis, Long Waves and the Sustainability Transition: An African Perspective. Environmental Innovations and Societal Transitions, 6:96:115.

Keywords: Africa, green economy, natural resources, resource curse, industrial cycles, metabolic cycles, transition

Download: Swilling eist_59

Contested Futures: Conceptions of the Next Long-Term Development Cycle

Author(s): Swilling, M.

Type of publication: book chapter

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2013. Contested Futures: Conceptions of the Next Long-term Development Cycle. In McIntosh, M. (ed.) The Necessary Transition: The Journey Towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 13-40.

Keywords: industrial cycles, metabolic cycles, green economy, natural resources, transition

Download: MarkSwillingTNT