The business of sustainable mobility : from vision to reality / edited by Paul Nieuwenhuis, Philip Vergragt and Peter Wells.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Front cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; 1. The business of sustainable mobility; 2. Transition management for sustainable personal mobility: the case of hydrogen fuel cells; 3. Future imperfect: the enduring struggle for electric vehicles; 4. Competing technologies and the struggle towards a new dominant design: the emergence of the hybrid vehicle at the expense of the fuel-cell vehicle?; 5. Institutional change in the automotive industry: or how fuel-cell technology is being institutionalised.

6. System innovation in the automotive industry: achieving sustainability through micro-factory retailing 7. Business models for relocalisation to deliver sustainability; 8. Modularity for greening the automobile; 9. Social learning through technological inventions in low-impact individual mobility: the cases of Sparrow and Gizmo; 10. The seven characteristics of successful sustainable system innovations; 11. Government behind the wheel and backseat driving: co-ordination and informational challenges of voluntary partnerships as programmes for stimulating sustainable technology.

12. Process- and product-oriented environmental policy within the car chain: examples from BMW and General Motors 13. The switch to CNG in two urban areas in India: how was this achieved?; 14. Local needs in urban transport; 15. Web-based environmental management systems for SMEs: enhancing the diffusion of environmental management in the transportation sector; 16. The reinvention of the automobile; 17. Conclusions: where next and when can we buy one?; 18. Epilogue: a day in a life in 2049; Abbreviations; About the contributors; Index.

English.

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