Experimenting for sustainable transport : the approach of strategic niche management / Remco Hoogma ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoogma, Remco.

Series:

Transport, development and sustainability

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Environmental aspects.

Transportation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Spon, 2002.

Summary:

Various new transport technologies promise to bring sustainability benefits. But as this book shows, important lessons are often overlooked because the experiments are not designed to challenge the basic assumptions about established patterns of transport choices. Learning how to organise the process of innovation implementation is essential if the maximum impact is to be achieved - it is here that strategic niche management offers new perspectives. "Experimenting for Sustainable Transport" uses a series of eight recent experiments with electric vehicles, car-sharing schemes, bicycle pools and fleet management to illustrate the means by which technological change must be closely linked to social change if successful implementation is to take place. The book shows how the basic divide between proponents of technological fixes and those in favour of behavioural change may be bridged

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415271169

0415271177

OCLC:

48109356