Subtopic Deep Dive
Degrowth and Sustainability Paradigms
Research Guide
What is Degrowth and Sustainability Paradigms?
Degrowth and Sustainability Paradigms explore theories advocating planned economic contraction to address ecological limits and social inequities, challenging growth-based sustainable development models.
This subtopic examines post-growth economics, resource constraints, and alternative wellbeing indicators through interdisciplinary lenses including urbanism, solidarity economy, and trans-development proposals. Key works analyze sociodemographic factors in waste management (Coronel Chugden et al., 2023, 8 citations), solidarity economy in tourism (Mora Forero and Nieto Mejía, 2023, 2 citations), and urban requalification via degrowth (Cubes San Salvador del Valle, 2018). Approximately 7 recent papers highlight Latin American contexts.
Why It Matters
Degrowth paradigms influence environmental policy by proposing reduced consumption and circular urbanism, as in Cubes San Salvador del Valle (2018) on resilient cities through endogenous regeneration. They critique capitalist models via solidarity economy practices, per Eizaguirre Anglada (2017), fostering public policies for social innovation. Bull (2022) assesses elite reactions to green transformations like the Escazú Agreement, impacting Latin American state reforms toward justice and sustainability.
Key Research Challenges
Integrating Degrowth into Policy
Translating degrowth principles into viable public policies faces resistance from growth-dependent economies. Hidalgo-Oñate (2021) argues capitalist models exacerbate environmental issues, calling for constitutional approaches like Ecuador's 2008 framework. Eizaguirre Anglada (2017) identifies commonalities between solidarity economy and social innovation for policy development.
Measuring Post-Growth Wellbeing
Developing metrics beyond GDP remains contentious amid resource limits. Hidalgo-Capitán and Cubillo-Guevara (2022) propose Good Living Goals as a trans-development alternative to SDGs via international discussions. This challenges conventional sustainability indicators in diverse cultural contexts.
Urban Regeneration via Contraction
Applying degrowth to existing cities requires shifting from expansion to circular urbanism. Cubes San Salvador del Valle (2018) advocates requalification for resilience, limiting endogenous regeneration opportunities under growth models. Bull (2022) links this to social commitments for Anthropocene transformations.
Essential Papers
Perspectives on sociodemographic factors and solid waste management in the district of Chachapoyas
José Walter Coronel Chugden, Yersi-Luis Huamán-Romaní, Guido Ayay-Arista et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies · 8 citations
The accelerated production of solid waste in the urban-rural context requires studies to optimize the environmental pollution gap. The objective of the study is to know the perspectives of sociodem...
De la innovación social a la economía solidaria. Claves prácticas para el desarrollo de políticas públicas
Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada · 2017 · CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública social y cooperativa · 6 citations
El presente artículo ahonda en la identificación de puntos en común entre la multitud de prácticas que constituyen lo que se conoce como economía social y solidaria (ESS) y el fomento de la innovac...
¿Un compromiso social para el Antropoceno? Reacciones de las élites al Acuerdo de Escazú y las posibilidades de un Estado verde transformador latinoamericano
Benedicte Bull · 2022 · 3 citations
El mundo enfrenta con urgencia la necesidad de una “transformación verde”, que implica no solo una transición hacia el uso de energías renovables y la reducción de la pérdida de biodiversidad, sino...
Analysis of the solidarity economy in rural tourism
Jorge Alexander Mora Forero, Alvelayis Nieto Mejía · 2023 · DYNA · 2 citations
This article analyzes the development of rural community-based tourism from a case study in the municipality of Sibaté in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The objective of this article is ...
Good Living Goals. A proposal for the construction of a global trans-development
Antonio Luis Hidalgo-Capitán, Ana Patricia Cubillo-Guevara · 2022 · Alternautas · 1 citations
The proposal of an alternative global agenda to SDGs is the result of a trans-modern and trans-disciplinary second order research program. We organized two international discussion groups: one in Q...
Nuevos mecanismos de intervencion en la ciudad existente: la recualificación a través del decrecimiento. Objetivo: una ciudad resiliente a través de un urbanismo circular
Gorka Cubes San Salvador del Valle · 2018 · 0 citations
El modelo expansivo imperante, no funciona cuando se enfrenta a la regeneración urbana. Mientras la ciudad siga creciendo, se limita la oportunidad para que la ciudad pueda iniciar el proceso de re...
Public policies toward sustainable communities: the last chance
Diego Hidalgo-Oñate · 2021 · 0 citations
The capitalist economic model is unsustainable because far from producing an increase in the well-being of the population, it has intensified environmental and social problems. The 2008 Constitutio...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
No pre-2015 foundational papers available; start with Eizaguirre Anglada (2017) for solidarity economy baselines influencing degrowth policies.
Recent Advances
Prioritize Coronel Chugden et al. (2023) for sociodemographic insights, Bull (2022) for policy transformations, and Hidalgo-Capitán and Cubillo-Guevara (2022) for alternative global agendas.
Core Methods
Core methods encompass case studies (Mora Forero and Nieto Mejía, 2023), elite reaction analysis (Bull, 2022), and trans-disciplinary discussions (Hidalgo-Capitán and Cubillo-Guevara, 2022) for paradigm construction.
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PapersFlow's Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to uncover degrowth literature like Cubes San Salvador del Valle (2018) on urban degrowth, then citationGraph reveals connections to Eizaguirre Anglada (2017) solidarity economy works, while findSimilarPapers expands to related Latin American policy critiques.
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Analysis Agent employs readPaperContent on Coronel Chugden et al. (2023) to extract sociodemographic waste management data, verifyResponse with CoVe checks claims against Bull (2022), and runPythonAnalysis performs statistical verification on citation trends or wellbeing metrics using pandas for regression on paper impacts; GRADE grading evaluates evidence strength in policy transformation arguments.
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Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic reviews of 50+ degrowth-related papers via searchPapers chains, producing structured reports on Latin American paradigms like Bull (2022). DeepScan applies 7-step analysis with CoVe checkpoints to verify claims in Hidalgo-Capitán (2022) Good Living Goals. Theorizer generates post-growth theories from literature clusters including Mora Forero (2023).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines degrowth in sustainability paradigms?
Degrowth advocates planned economic contraction to respect planetary boundaries, contrasting growth-dependent models, as explored in urban requalification by Cubes San Salvador del Valle (2018).
What methods characterize this subtopic?
Methods include case studies on solidarity economy (Eizaguirre Anglada, 2017), sociodemographic analysis (Coronel Chugden et al., 2023), and trans-development proposals (Hidalgo-Capitán and Cubillo-Guevara, 2022).
What are key papers?
Top-cited: Coronel Chugden et al. (2023, 8 citations) on waste management; Eizaguirre Anglada (2017, 6 citations) on social economy policies; Bull (2022, 3 citations) on green state transformations.
What open problems exist?
Challenges include policy implementation amid elite resistance (Bull, 2022), wellbeing metric development (Hidalgo-Capitán and Cubillo-Guevara, 2022), and scaling urban degrowth (Cubes San Salvador del Valle, 2018).
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