Harry Geerlings

Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Mobility

The Role of Technological Innovations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing new insights into the relationship between transport and the environment, and the meaning of the concept of sustainable development for the transport sector, special attention is paid to the relationship between technological progress and policy. The different theoretical approaches are combined to create a strategy for R&D and the implementation of mega-technological innovations. The author deals with two specific cases: Maglev technology and fuel-cell technology for transport purposes. Taking into account the new theoretical insights and the empirical findings, the resulting synthesis and conclusions are important for researchers and professionals in transportation, environmental sciences and related fields.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-64251-7
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9783642642517
• ISBN-10: 3642642519
• Artikelnr.: 39503712

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables.- List of figures.- 1 New challenges in technology development: the environmental problem.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Environmental problems.- 1.2.1 Environmental problems: From local to global.- 1.2.2 Solutions: From national to international.- 1.2.3 The technological option.- 1.3 The scientific response.- 1.3.1 The rise of environmental sciences.- 1.3.2 The interaction with economic sciences.- 1.4 The structure of this book.- A Theoretical part.- 2 Transport, technology and sustainable development.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Transport and the environment.- 2.2.1 Stratification within the transportation sector.- 2.2.2 The environmental concern.- 2.3 The technology card.- 2.3.1 Environmental technologies.- 2.3.2 The political setting.- 2.3.3 Two paradoxes.- 2.4 The concept of sustainable development.- 2.4.1 Linking the environment and economics.- 2.4.2 Risk and uncertainty.- 2.4.3 The need for an attitudinal change.- 3 The evolutionary theory of technology dynamics.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The evolutionary theory of technology dynamics.- 3.2.1 The relevance of technology forecasting.- 3.2.2 Technology; a definition.- 3.2.3 From macro-trends to micro-analysis.- 3.3 Critics of the modern theory.- 3.4 The relevance of technology dynamics for sustainable development and the transportation sector.- 3.4.1 Technological innovations and sustainable development.- 3.4.2 Technological innovations in the transport sector.- 3.5 Respecting heuristics; a new opportunity.- 4 Policy making in networks and alliances: implications for a sustainable technology policy.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Network management and public policy making.- 4.2.1 The crises in public policy.- 4.2.2 The concept of network management.- 4.2.3 Network management and steering.- 4.2.4 A new role for the government.- 4.2.5 Instruments.- 4.3 Network management and the private sector.- 4.3.1 Changing positions and performances.- 4.3.2 Strategic alliances as networks.- 4.4 Cooperation in networks.- 4.4.1 Networks and strategic cooperation.- 4.4.2 Network management and technology policy.- 4.4.3 Network management and sustainable development.- 5 Directing innovations in the transport sector: a synthesis.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Processes of change.- 5.2.1 The dynamic environment of innovations.- 5.3 Establishing a technology policy for transport and sustainable development.- 5.3.1 General policy requirements.- 5.3.2 Technology policy requirements.- 5.4 Towards a sustainably-sound technology policy for the transport sector: a strategy framework.- B Empirical part.- 6 Exploring trends and 'weak signals'.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Global mobility patterns.- 6.2.1 Passenger transport.- 6.2.2 The development of freight transport.- 6.3 Expected trends and 'weak signals'.- 6.3.1 Public policy perspective.- 6.3.2 Business perspective.- 6.3.3 Environmental perspective.- 6.3.4 Transportation perspective.- 6.4 Transportation - the environment - technological opportunities: a challenging future.- 7 The Maglev-technology.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Rail transport - the history of high speed trains.- 7.3 The potentials of the Maglev-technology.- 7.3.1 The state of development.- 7.3.2 Technical performance.- 7.3.3 Economic issues.- 7.3.4 Environmental impacts.- 7.4 An evaluation of the Maglev from the viewpoint of network management, technology dynamics and sustainable development.- 7.4.1 Actors and activities.- 7.4.2 The strategy framework.- 7.5 The Maglev: hype or technological revolution?.- 7.5.1 Prospects for motive power applications.- 7.5.2 The implementation gap.- 8 The Fuel-cell technology.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 The historical context.- 8.2.1 The history of the fuel-cell.- 8.2.2 A competitive technology?.- 8.3 The potentials of fuel-cell technology.- 8.3.1 The state of development.- 8.3.2 Technical performance.- 8.3.3 Economic issues.- 8.3.4 Environmental impacts.- 8.4 An evaluation of the FC-technology from the viewpoint of network management, technology dynamics and sustainable development.- 8.4.1 Actors and activities.- 8.4.2 The strategy framework.- 8.5 The fuel-cell: a great future?.- 8.5.1 Prospects for motive power applications.- 8.5.2 The implementation strategy.- 9 Some conclusions and reflections.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Technology dynamics and networks.- 9.2.1 Sustainable development and objectives in the transport sector.- 9.2.2 The role of sustainability-oriented technologies in the transport sector and the meaning of the evolutionary theory of technology dynamics.- 9.2.3 The role of the government in generating sustainability oriented technologies.- 9.3 Defining a Window of Technological Opportunity (WTO).- 9.3.1 Characteristics of innovation processes for sustainability oriented technologies in transport.- 9.3.2 Realising the Window of Technological Opportunity.- 9.3.3 The empirical results.- 9.4 Epilogue.- Annex.- Annex I List of interviewed persons.- Annex II Technology evaluation manual and tables.- Annex III The technology clusters and their impact on the environment.- References.