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Author:   Paul Nieuwenhuis ,  Philip Vergragt ,  Peter Wells
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Greenleaf Publishing
Edition:   illustrated edition
Weight:   0.530kg
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9781874719809

ISBN 10:   1874719802
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 June 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Theo de Bruijn, Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn and Kurt Fischer, Greening of Industry Network 1. The business of sustainable mobility Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA 2. Transition management for sustainable personal mobility: the case of hydrogen fuel cells Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, USA 3. Future imperfect: the enduring struggle for electric vehicles Renato Orsato, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France 4. Competing technologies and the struggle towards a new dominant design: the emergence of the hybrid vehicle at the expense of the fuel-cell vehicle? Marko Hekkert, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and Robert van den Hoed, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 5. Institutional change in the automotive industry: or how fuel-cell technology is being institutionalised Robert van den Hoed, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA 6. System innovation in the automotive industry: achieving sustainability through micro-factory retailing Andrew Williams, BRASS Centre, Cardiff University, UK 7. Business models for relocalisation to deliver sustainability Peter Wells and Paul Nieuwenhuis, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK 8. Modularity for greening the automobile Gordon Dower, The Ridek Corporation, Washington, USA 9. Social learning through technological inventions in low-impact individual mobility: the cases of Sparrow and Gizmo Halina Szejnwald Brown and Catherine Carbone, Clark University, USA 10. The seven characteristics of successful sustainable system innovations Tom van der Horst, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Netherlands, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA 11. Government behind the wheel and backseat driving: co-ordination and informational challenges of voluntary partnerships as programmes for stimulating sustainable technology Charles David White, University of California, Berkeley, USA 12. Process- and product-oriented environmental policy within the car chain: examples from BMW and General Motors Carla K. Smink, Eskild Holm Nielsen and Tine Herreborg Jørgensen, Aalborg University, Denmark 13. The switch to CNG in two urban areas in India: how was this achieved? Mahesh Patankar and Anand Patwardhan, SJM School of Management, Mumbai, India 14. Local needs in urban transport Merih Kunur, Royal College of Art, London 15. Web-based environmental management systems for SMEs: enhancing the diffusion of environmental management in the transportation sector Adeline Maijala, Lassi Linnanen and Tuula Pohjola, Proventia Solutions, Lappeenranta University of Technology, and Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 16. The reinvention of the automobile Chris Borroni-Bird, General Motors Corporation, USA 17. Conclusions: where next and when can we buy one? Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA Epilogue: a day in a life in 2049 Boelie Elzen, Centre for Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente, The Netherlands, and Wim Hafkamp, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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This book evolved from the Sustainable Mobility stream at the 2003 International Greening of Industry Network Conference in San Francisco. Predicated on a current near global crisis of mobility, the text focuses on the private car, which we have built our world around and whose benefits have come at a high cost . The various authors hope to lead us towards a solution to the car's problems: how to power it; how to build it; and how to deliver it in a more sustainable way , whilst acknowledging that few cultural artefacts of the modern era reflect the dilemma of sustainability as well as the car. One solution is explored in some depth: the development of zero emission and resource-efficient hydrogen fuel cells. This would constitute a radical shift away from the internal combustion engine (ICE) paradigm and would require some urgent and major changes in behaviour. Chapters 1 to 5 introduce the technological, environmental, social and governmental contexts and bring the reader up to speed on the salient contemporary issues of hydrogen technology, battery powered vehicles, hybrid electric cars and the necessary institutionalization of fuel cells. Chapters 6 and 7 explore new supporting sustainable business and industrial models; acknowledging that much more than just technological change is required. Chapters 8 to 10 look at potential alternative vehicle types and concepts. Chapters 11 to 15 examine current trends and case studies in greening mobility from the US, South Africa and India and give a more near-term perspective on how the transition to a hydrogen economy might be progressed. Finally, Chapters 16 to 18 offer some visionary thinking (including some radical vehicle design concepts) and drawing together strands from the conference asserts that the necessary major technological innovations required will almost certainly, come from Asia (possibly China). This is a welcome, holistic treatment of the kinds of institutionalized, economic and cultural changes required to nurture and support technological innovation. This inclusive approach is reflected in a genuinely global outlook, a spread of international case studies, due importance given to the fast emerging players such as China and India, plus welcome local and community-based focus for framing supposedly sustainable solutions. The editors have tried to avoid some of the pitfalls of over-optimism in the main thrust of this work, but it would have been interesting to have heard more on the traps likely to be set by some of the darker forces of capitalism, politics and human nature, which will, I suspect inevitably, make the journey towards sustainable mobility more arduous still. -- Andy Ayres Social and Environmental Accounting

"This book evolved from the Sustainable Mobility stream at the 2003 International Greening of Industry Network Conference in San Francisco. Predicated on a current near global crisis of mobility, the text focuses on the private car, which ""we have built our world around"" and whose benefits have ""come at a high cost"". The various authors hope to lead us towards a solution to the car's problems: ""how to power it; how to build it; and how to deliver it in a more sustainable way"", whilst acknowledging that ""few cultural artefacts of the modern era reflect the dilemma of sustainability as well as the car."" One solution is explored in some depth: the development of zero emission and resource-efficient hydrogen fuel cells. This would constitute a radical shift away from the internal combustion engine (ICE) paradigm and would require some urgent and major changes in behaviour. Chapters 1 to 5 introduce the technological, environmental, social and governmental contexts and bring the reader up to speed on the salient contemporary issues of hydrogen technology, battery powered vehicles, hybrid electric cars and the necessary institutionalization of fuel cells. Chapters 6 and 7 explore new supporting sustainable business and industrial models; acknowledging that much more than just technological change is required. Chapters 8 to 10 look at potential alternative vehicle types and concepts. Chapters 11 to 15 examine current trends and case studies in greening mobility from the US, South Africa and India and give a more near-term perspective on how the transition to a hydrogen economy might be progressed. Finally, Chapters 16 to 18 offer some visionary thinking (including some radical vehicle design concepts) and drawing together strands from the conference asserts that the necessary major technological innovations required will ""almost certainly, come from Asia"" (possibly China). This is a welcome, holistic treatment of the kinds of institutionalized, economic and cultural changes required to nurture and support technological innovation. This inclusive approach is reflected in a genuinely global outlook, a spread of international case studies, due importance given to the fast emerging players such as China and India, plus welcome local and community-based focus for framing supposedly sustainable solutions. The editors have tried to avoid some of the pitfalls of over-optimism in the main thrust of this work, but it would have been interesting to have heard more on the traps likely to be set by some of the darker forces of capitalism, politics and human nature, which will, I suspect inevitably, make the journey towards ""sustainable mobility"" more arduous still. -- Andy Ayres * <i>Social and Environmental Accounting</i> *"

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PAUL NIEUWENHUIS is Director of CAIR, Cardiff University. PHILIP J VERGRAGT is Professor of Technology Assessment, Delft University. PETER WELLS is Professor of Business and Sustainability, Cardiff Business School.

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