ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that a next generation of urban transition studies needs to be more forthcoming in considering transitions in their political and geographical context. It focuses on designing low carbon urbanism, looking at the relevance of unpacking ways of thinking about low carbon in the city and the emerging socio-technical configurations associated with the process. The chapter also focuses on practising low carbon urbanism, locating the analytical gaze on the agencies and subjectivities, objects and flows, and mechanisms and techniques at stake. It concentrates on mobilizing low carbon urbanism, providing insights for an analysis of how transitions unfold. The chapter provides a synthesis of first- and second-generation studies on urban low carbon transitions, advocating for an acknowledgement of multiple junctions towards the low carbon city and embracing plurality in the pathways through which a low carbon urbanism might occur.
