Ermolaeva, Y. (2025). A Multi-Level Perspective Analysis of Green Construction Development in Russian Cities. Changing Societies & Personalities, 9(4), 961-986. doi:10.15826 ...

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Abstract

Russia’s sustainable construction transition remains fragmented despite policy alignment with international frameworks. This study applies the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP), analysing literature and 40 expert interviews to examine interactions across landscape (macro policies, geopolitical shifts), regime (industry standards, regulations), and niche (innovations, actors) levels. Findings reveal a hybrid pathway characterized by niche subjects practices innovations and transforming sustainability practices, like green building certification systems, digitalisation, co-creation and urban management, enhancing quality of life, and fostering pro-environmental behaviors aligned with sustainability values and norms. Niche practices shaped regime-level regulations, emphasizing civic engagement and developing strategic city goals for new forms of transformative urban and spatial development. Landscape constraints and challenges (geopolitics, climate, demography, urban economics) create barriers to the broad diffusion of niches, yet techno-institutional synergies are expected to align at the landscape level in future decades to support governmental city planning goals. MLP offers significant potential for analysing transitions in collective sustainability behavior through socio-technical regime interactions. The MLP effectively maps how actor-networks bridge niches and regimes, enabling rules and patterns reconstruction. Russia’s transition adjusts techno-institutional synergies and active stakeholder engagement while addressing challenges to achieve systemic sustainability. Success hinges on leveraging adaptive niche innovations within evolving landscape pressures and governance frameworks.

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