A coevolutionary and sociotechnical analysis frank w. Theories of social practice are also producing interesting insights on, for example, mobility and energy demand. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Geels, 9780415885058, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Pdf automobility in transition download full pdf book. Whilst there is a number of distinctive volumes dealing with the global fascination with travel and transport that play on the lexicographic possibilities around. This book is part of a series on transitions to sustainable development, which aims to combine. It makes a sociotechnical analysis of transport systems, exploring the strategies and beliefs of crucial actors such as car manufacturers, local and national governments, citizens, car drivers.
In strictly academic terms, the book should be praised for giving visibility to transition theories and the multilevel perspective within mobility and transport studies where these perspectives are still not sufficiently known. Contemporary societies are faced by a new spectre haunting the globe the changing of the worlds climate. Within this is an attempt to shape the direction of change complex sociotechnical systems to more sustainable patterns. Automobility in transition is the best example thus far of the growing signs of convergence between the fields of transport and mobilities and transition studies. This book examines the past evolution towards carbased forms of transport. In collaboration with frank geels and derk loorbach 2 automobility in transition. Results of the projects and other mobility studies are brought together in the book automobility in transition. The transition perspective and problems associated with car mobility 1. Exploring sustainable urban automobility transitions. Frank geels, rene kemp, geoff dudley, glenn lyons pt. This text examines the past evolution towards carbased forms of transport problems associated with it, the success of past and current efforts to deal with problems of pollution, congestion. T2 a sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport. Environmental innovation and societal transitions vol 5. This contribution explores these, guided by a constructive attitude.
A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport by geels, kemp, dudley and lyons. Questions have been raised about its theorization of agency and transformation dynamics, and especially about the normative assumptions underlying its intervention strategies. Governments all over the world are involved in directly providing, regulating and funding the provision of transport infrastructure and services, but the precise role of the state and its policy structures and instruments vary over time according to the wider economic and social context in which government finds itself. In taking this approach we work with the proposition that forms of energy consumption, including those associated with automobility, are usefully understood as outcomes of interconnected patterns of social practices, including working, shopping. Building bridges between three analytical approaches with quite different foundational bases should lead to a more comprehensive understanding of low. In its application, transition management seeks to bring together multiple viewpoints and multiple approaches in a transition arena. Mobilities research and sustainability transition theories. Although a transition to a sustainable alternative to automobility in this enclave seems elusive, given various stabilising landscape and regime factors, the research uncovered an interest for bottomup societal solutions such as a need for a local school bus and modern carpooling systems based on mobile phone technology. Automobility is a conceptual framework developed to understand the personal, social, political, cultural, geographical, and technical systems shaping, and shaped by, the automobile. It makes a sociotechnical analysis of transport systems, exploring the strategies and beliefs of crucial actors such as car manufacturers, local and national. This book is unique because different kinds of expertise are brought together, as part of a historical analysis looking at coevolution.
At its core, the automobility system is the hub of numerous interdependencies and relationships between the. Automobility in transition a sociotechnical analysis of. The book investigates whether the current regime of automobility is in transition or not. Automobility in transition a sociotechnical analysis of sustainable. This was not believed possible by scientists until fairly recently although the theoretical idea of a greenhouse effect has been well established for a century or so. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport quelle. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transportroutledge. Technological transitions wikimili, the free encyclopedia. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport. Incremental change has provided some improvements but a more radical transition is required to achieve a more sustainable future. This may create orientation problems for phd students or new scholars entering the field.
Transitions are longterm processes 4050 years, which are the outcome of alignments between multiple developments. Geels, rene kemp, geoff dudley and glenn lyons new york london first published 2012 by routledge 711 third avenue, new york, ny 10017 simultaneously published in the uk by routledge 2 park square, milton park. It makes a sociotechnical analysis of transport systems, exploring the strategies and beliefs of crucial actors such as car manufacturers, local and national governments, citizens, car drivers, transport planners and civil society. References relevant for strn the field of sustainability transition studies has expanded very fast in the last 10 years with numbers of publications growing rapidly. Assessing the transition towards battery electric vehicles.
Routledge studies in sustainability transitions crc press. The bumpy ride of electric vehicles towards regime transition. Challenges to the dominance of the private car in the uk. It makes a sociotechnical analysis of transport systems, exploring the strategies and beliefs of crucial actors s. The dynamics of transitions in sociotechnical systems. A sociotechnical analaysis of sustainable transport. The governance of smart mobility 1 introduction the mass adoption of motor vehicles the automobility transition was one of, if not the, major socioeconomic transformations of the 20th century geels et al, 2012. Automobility in transition a sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport 1st edition. Routledge studies in sustainability transition heraugeber. Developed from the work on technological transitions is the field of transition management. Private cars have become the dominant mode of passenger road transport in developed countries. Geels, rene kemp, geoff dudley and glenn lyons new york london first published 2012 by routledge 711 third avenue, new york, ny 10017 simultaneously. Routledge studies in sustainability transitions book 2.
Several longstanding and deepening processes of governmental restructuring. Over the 80 years in which the car has wound itself inextricably into a large part of our. Sustainability transitions in the automobility regime and the need for a new perspective rene kemp, frank geels and geoff dudley 2. In strictly academic terms, the book should be praised for giving visibility to transition theories and the multilevel. Is the automobility regime experiencing a transition towards sustainability. I the transition perspective and problems associated with car mobility. Box 616 6200 md maastricht the netherlands um visiting address minderbroedersberg 46 6211 lk maastricht. The governance of smart mobility disruption project. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport by geels, kemp, dudley and lyons article pdf available october 2014 with 59 reads. Geels and colleagues are not providing accounts of transition from era to era but, more modestly, from one technology to another such as the horse drawn carriage to the automobile. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport 20. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport book cover. A sociotechnical analysis of sustainable transport edited by frank w.
Bridging analytical approaches for lowcarbon transitions. Isbn 9780415885058 full text not available from this repository. It makes a sociotechnical analysis of transport systems, exploring the strategies and beliefs of crucial actors such as car manufacturers, local and national governments, citizens, car drivers, transport planners. In this project coevolution processes are being studied of user practices, transport innovations, government policies how these give rise to new patterns and resistance. The first four volume will be delivered immediately after.
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