UID:
almahu_9949068794102882
Format:
1 online resource (225 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-48821-1
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1-134-48822-X
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9786610112982
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1-280-11298-0
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0-203-99406-X
Series Statement:
Transport, development and sustainability
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; The Authors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 01 Technological Fixes; 02 Nurtured Spaces; 03 Promises for Sustainable Transport; 04 Experiments in Electrifying Mobility; 05 Experiments in Reconfiguring Mobility; 06 Strategic Niche Management; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-27117-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-27116-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203994061
