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A living Atlas of Europe’s local sustainability transitions
About the Atlas
About the Atlas
The CASTAL project preserves and opens knowledge generated through case studies on Local Sustainability Transitions (LST) in Europe.
The CASTAL project preserves and opens knowledge generated through case studies on Local Sustainability Transitions (LST) in Europe.
The collection brings together 508 European grey-literature case studies, with particular attention to energy, mobility and climate. Cases focus on local transition processes at community, municipal or regional level, documented through a Social Sciences and Humanities perspective.
The resource connects the CASTAL Archive, which preserves source documents, and the CASTAL Dataset, which provides structured metadata on place, time period, transition themes, methods and source characteristics. Together, they support cross-case comparison, diachronic analysis, secondary qualitative research and meta-analysis.
Dataset citation
Dataset citation
Mezzana, Daniele; Marta, Federico; Pisano, Carlo; Scisci, Domingo; Quinti, Gabriele, 2026, "CASTAL - Case Studies Atlas of Local Sustainability Transition (2010-2026)", https://doi.org/10.71732/2WOBH0, DASSI - Data Archive for Social Sciences in Italy, V1
CASTAL Dashboard
CASTAL Dashboard
Explore the Atlas through an interactive overview of its 508 case studies.
Explore the Atlas through an interactive overview of its 508 case studies.
The dashboard brings together five views: Home, Cases by Country, Transition Scope, Document Overview and Case-Study Explorer. The Home page summarizes the collection with headline figures and a searchable overview of cases by title, place and country.
Resources
Resources
CASTAL Sustainability and Update Guidelines
CASTAL Sustainability and Update Guidelines
This document explains how the CASTAL Archive and Dataset will be maintained and expanded beyond the project. It outlines the K&I–DASSI management model, eligibility criteria for new case studies, how to submit suggestions, and the workflow for review, curation, periodic updates and long-term preservation.
Collection of Secondary Studies on Local Sustainability Transition
Collection of Secondary Studies on Local Sustainability Transition
This collection brings together ten secondary studies that use the CASTAL Atlas to explore local sustainability transitions. The papers span methodological frameworks, psychosocial dimensions and thematic applications, demonstrating how the Atlas’s case studies and structured metadata can support new data-driven analyses.
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