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JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
Volume 24, Issue -, Pages 471-482Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.021
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Socio-technical transitions; Transport systems; Low-carbon; Multi-level perspective
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Climate change and deep cuts in CO2 emissions require transitions to new kinds of transport systems. To understand the dynamics of these transitions, this paper introduces a socio-technical approach which goes beyond technology fix or behaviour change. Systemic transitions entail co-evolution and multidimensional interactions between industry, technology, markets, policy, culture and civil society. A multi-level perspective (MLP) is presented as a heuristic framework to analyze these interactions. The paper aims to introduce the MLP into transport studies and to show its usefulness through an application to the auto-mobility system in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. This application aims to assess the drivers, barriers and possible pathways for low-carbon transitions. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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