Experimenting for Sustainable Transport : The Approach of Strategic Niche Management

ISBN-13: 9780415271165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

Rene E. Kemp; Remco Hoogma; Johan Schot

Opis

This text offers guidance on one of the big problems of today: how to change unsustainable travel patterns based on the use of cars. The book is about user experiments with alternative means and modes of land-based passenger transport - electric vehicles, on-demand public transport services, organised car sharing, self-serviced public vehicles. It describes eight experiments with sustainable transport options which are analyzed in the context of established travel practice and car ownership and the problems they pose, and the trends in transport technology and policy that are shaping the future for transport.

Recenzje

'This book makes a substantial contribution in demonstrating the means by which technological change and social understanding can work together in moving towards the elusive goal of sustainable mobility.' - David Bannister

'This book is rather unique and valuable, on several levels. The authors are sophisticated and knowledgeable. They provide an informed and strategic view of how new transportation technologies and services are introduced.' - Dan Sperling, Director and Professor, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Technological Fixes. Chapter 2: Nurtured Spaces. Chapter 3: Promises for Sustainable Transport. Chapter 4: Experiments in Electrifying Mobility. Chapter 5: Experiments in Reconfiguring Mobility. Chapter 6: Strategic Niche Management.

O autorze

Rene Kemp is a senior research fellow at MERIT and an expert on environmental policy and technology. Remco Hoogma is a programme manager of NOVEM, responsible for the electric and hybrid vehicle programme. Johan Schot is professor at the Technical University of Eindhoven and also is connected with the university of Twente. Bernhard Truffer is a senior scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology.