UID:
almafu_9960707315502883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781009198318
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1009198319
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9781009198325
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1009198327
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9781009198233
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1009198238
Series Statement:
Physical Sciences
Content:
This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective, it develops a whole system reconfiguration approach that explains how the incorporation of multiple innovations can cumulatively reconfigure existing systems. The book focuses on UK electricity, heat, and mobility systems, and it systematically analyses interactions between radical niche-innovations and existing (sub)systems across techno-economic, policy, and actor dimensions in the past three decades. Comparative analysis explains why the unfolding low-carbon transitions in these three systems vary in speed, scope, and depth. It evaluates to what degree these transitions qualify as Great Reconfigurations and assesses the future potential for, and barriers to, deeper low-carbon system transitions. Generalising across these systems, broader lessons are developed about the roles of incumbent firms, governance and politics, user engagement, wider public, and civil society organisations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Reviews -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Need for Low-Carbon System Transitions and a Reconfigurational Approach -- 1.2 The Multi-Level Perspective on Socio-Technical System Transitions -- 1.3 Aims and Contributions of the Book -- 1.3.1 The Great Reconfiguration -- 1.3.2 Socio-Technical Transitions and the Multi-Level Perspective -- 1.3.3 Comparative Analysis of System Reconfiguration in UK Low-Carbon Transition -- 1.4 Structure of the Book -- 2 Conceptualising Socio-Technical System Reconfiguration -- 2.1 The Emergence and Diffusion of Radical Innovation in Socio-Technical Transitions -- 2.1.1 First Phase: Experimentation in Protected Spaces -- 2.1.2 Second Phase: Stabilisation in Small Market Niches -- 2.1.3 Third Phase: Diffusion and Struggles against the Existing System -- 2.1.4 Fourth Phase: Reconfiguration -- 2.1.5 Limitations and Directions for Elaboration -- 2.2 Reconfiguration of Existing Socio-Technical Systems -- 2.2.1 Techno-Economic Reconfiguration -- 2.2.2 Reorientation of Mainstream Actors -- 2.2.3 Policy Reconfiguration -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Broader Methodological Issues -- 3.1.1 Conjunctural and Configurational Causality and Explanation -- 3.1.2 Causal Reconstruction and Process Tracing -- 3.1.3 Longitudinal Case Studies -- 3.1.4 Comparative Research -- 3.2 Analysing Longitudinal Socio-Technical Developments -- 3.2.1 Analytical Scope and Selection Rationales -- 3.2.2 Documenting Socio-Technical Dimensions -- Techno-Economic Dimensions -- Actors -- Policies and Governance -- 3.2.3 Data Sources and Practical Considerations -- 3.3 Evaluating Reconfigurations in the Making -- 4 Electricity System -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Electricity Generation Sub-system -- 4.2.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 4.2.2 Actors.
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4.2.3 Policies and Governance -- Governance Style -- Formal Policies -- 4.3 Electricity Grid Sub-system -- 4.3.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 4.3.2 Actors -- 4.3.3 Policies and Governance -- Governance Style -- Formal Policies -- 4.4 Electricity Consumption Sub-system -- 4.4.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 4.4.2 Actors -- 4.4.3 Policies and Governance -- Formal Policies -- Governance Style -- 4.5 Niche-Innovations -- 4.5.1 Onshore Wind -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.2 Offshore Wind -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.3 Bio-power -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.4 Solar-PV -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.5 Energy-Efficient Lighting -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.6 Smart Meters -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.7 Smart Grids -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.5.8 Flexibility-Enhancing Options: Battery Storage and Demand-Side Response -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 4.6 Low-Carbon Transition through Whole System Reconfiguration -- 4.6.1 Low-Carbon Innovations Driving GHG Emission Reductions -- 4.6.2 Techno-Economic Reconfiguration -- 4.6.3 Actor Reconfiguration -- 4.6.4 Policy Reconfiguration -- Formal Policies and Regulations -- Governance Style -- 4.6.5 Scope, Depth, and Speed of Reconfiguration -- 4.6.6 Future Outlook -- 5 Passenger Mobility Systems -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Auto-Mobility System -- 5.2.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 5.2.2 Actors -- 5.2.3 Policies and Governance -- Policies -- Governance Style -- 5.3 The Railway System -- 5.3.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 5.3.2 Actors -- 5.3.3 Policies and Governance -- 5.4 The Bus System -- 5.4.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 5.4.2 Actors.
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5.4.3 Policies and Governance -- 5.5 The Cycling System -- 5.5.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 5.5.2 Actors -- 5.5.3 Policies and Governance -- 5.6 Niche-Innovations -- 5.6.1 Electric Cars -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 5.6.2 Biofuels -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 5.6.3 Tele-work -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 5.6.4 Car Sharing, Ride Hailing, and Ridesharing -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 5.6.5 Intermodal Transport -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 5.6.6 Self-driving Personal Cars -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 5.7 Low-Carbon Transition through Whole System Reconfiguration -- 5.7.1 Low-Carbon Innovations Driving GHG Emission Reductions -- 5.7.2 Techno-Economic Reconfiguration -- 5.7.3 Actor Reconfiguration -- 5.7.4 Policy Reconfiguration -- Formal Policies -- Governance Style -- 5.7.5 Scope, Depth, and Speed of Reconfiguration -- 5.7.6 Future Outlook -- 6 Heat System -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Heating System -- 6.2.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 6.2.2 Actors -- 6.2.3 Policies and Governance -- Formal Policies -- Governance Style -- 6.3 Buildings System -- 6.3.1 Techno-Economic Developments -- 6.3.2 Actors -- 6.3.3 Policies and Governance -- Formal Policies -- Governance Style -- 6.4 Niche-Innovations -- 6.4.1 Heat Pumps -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 6.4.2 Biomass Heating -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 6.4.3 Solar Thermal -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 6.4.4 Greening the Grid -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 6.4.5 Heat Networks -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 6.4.6 Passive Housing -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies.
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6.4.7 Whole House Retrofits -- Techno-Economic Developments -- Actors and Policies -- 6.5 Low-Carbon Transition through Whole System Reconfiguration -- 6.5.1 Low-Carbon Innovations Driving GHG Emission Reductions -- 6.5.2 Techno-Economic Reconfiguration -- 6.5.3 Actor Reconfiguration -- 6.5.4 Policy Reconfiguration -- Formal Policies -- Governance Style -- 6.5.5 Scope, Depth, and Speed of Reconfiguration -- 6.5.6 Future Outlook -- 7 Conclusions -- 7.1 Comparing Low-Carbon Transitions in Electricity, Heat, and Mobility Systems -- 7.1.1 Low-Carbon Innovations Driving GHG Emission Reductions -- 7.1.2 Depth and Scope in Techno-Economic Reconfigurations -- 7.1.3 Depth and Scope in Actor Reconfigurations -- 7.1.4 Depth and Scope in Policy Reconfigurations -- 7.1.5 Moving towards a Great Reconfiguration? -- 7.1.6 The Speed of Low-Carbon System Reconfiguration -- 7.2 Cross-Cutting Themes -- 7.2.1 Incumbent Firms -- 7.2.2 Governance Style and Politics -- 7.2.3 Users -- 7.2.4 Wider Publics and Civil Society Organisations -- 7.2.5 Landscape Developments -- 7.3 Future Low-Carbon Transitions and Policy Recommendations -- 7.4 Future Research -- References.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009198240
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1009198246
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009198233/type/BOOK
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009198233/type/BOOK
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