ABSTRACT
In many parts of the world, there is a crisis of mobility. This book shows that technology may well not be enough in itself and that for a genuinely sustainable transport future far more radical change - affecting many aspects of society - is needed. It is useful for academics, practitioners, and policy-makers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|16 pages
Transition management for sustainable personal mobility
The Case of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
chapter 4|16 pages
Competing technologies and the struggle towards a new dominant design
The Emergence of the Hybrid Vehicle at the Expense of the Fuel-Cell Vehicle?
chapter 5|19 pages
Institutional change in the automotive industry
Or How Fuel-Cell Technology is Being Institutionalised
chapter 6|12 pages
System innovation in the automotive industry
Achieving Sustainability through Micro-Factory Retailing
chapter 9|13 pages
Social learning through technological inventions in low-impact individual mobility
The Cases of Sparrow and Gizmo
chapter 11|15 pages
Government behind the wheel and backseat driving
Co-Ordination and Informational Challenges of Voluntary Partnerships as Programmes for Stimulating Sustainable Technology
chapter 12|14 pages
Process- and product-oriented environmental policy within the car chain
Examples from BMW and General Motors
chapter 15|13 pages
Web-based environmental management systems for SMEs
Enhancing the Diffusion of Environmental Management in the Transportation Sector
