Agency and forms of path development along transformation processes in German cities
本文构建理论框架，将区域路径依赖与转型嵌入复杂适应系统的演化视角，并通过德国三座城市25年的定性研究，展示微观、中观与宏观互动的多样性及政策影响。
The article provides elements of a theoretical framework to embed the discussion of regional path dependence and transformation into evolutionary approaches of complex adaptive systems. The evolutionary perspective avoids the focus on lock-in as a major challenge of path dependence, while allowing for more options along path-dependent processes including path plasticity and path creation. The empirical part is based on a qualitative study of transformation processes in three German cities, Stuttgart, Dortmund and Chemnitz, during the last 25 years, showing the variety of combinations between micro, meso and macro interactions as well as the diversity of relevant policies to gain influence on local transformation processes.