Experimenting for sustainable transport the approach of strategic niche management
Technological change is a central feature of modern societies and a powerful source for social change. There is an urgent task to direct these new technologies towards sustainability, but society lacks perspectives, instruments and policies to accomplish this. There is no blueprint for a sustainabl...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Spon
2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Transport, development and sustainability.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434478006719 |
| Sumario: | Technological change is a central feature of modern societies and a powerful source for social change. There is an urgent task to direct these new technologies towards sustainability, but society lacks perspectives, instruments and policies to accomplish this. There is no blueprint for a sustainable future, and it is necessary to experiment with alternative paths that seem promising. 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 assumpt |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134488216 9781134488223 9786610112982 9781280112980 9780203994061 |
