17 research outputs found
Analysis of Barriers in the Transition toward Sustainable Mobility in the Netherlands
The transition toward a sustainable transportation system in the Netherlands takes place in the context of the Dutch “Transition management policy framework”. We study four tech¬nological routes that the “Platform Sustainable Mobility” has selected for this goal: (1) hybridization of vehicles, (2) liquid biofuels, (3) natural gas as a transportation fuel and (4) hydrogen as a transportation fuel. These technological routes all envision large-scale changes in vehicle propulsion technology and fuel infrastructure. Furthermore, they compete for the scarce resources available to invest in new (fuel) infrastructures, which implicates that these ‘transition paths’ are also interdependent at the level of the mobility system. The main outcome of the analysis is the identification of barriers that are currently blocking the transition toward sustainable mobility. Barriers are classified as being related to (1) technology and vehicle development, (2) the availability of (fuel) infrastructures, and (3) elements of the institutional infrastructure. The transition management framework currently misses guidelines for coping with (competing) technologies that each requires large infrastructural investments. We further argue that avoiding undesired lock-ins and creating a beneficial institutional context for sustainable mobility cannot be pursued at the transition path level. Therefore, we recommend that a more systemic approach should be taken to the tran¬si¬tion to sustainable mobility, in which the inter¬dependencies between the transition paths are critically assessed and in which the possibilities to legitimize sustainable mobility as a whole should be used.Innovation, Transition management, Sustainable Mobility, Barriers
Специфика языка печати крымских газет
Данная статья посвящена изучению специфики языка газет Крыма. Наше внимание привлекли газетный язык и особенности газетных заголовков как наиболее актуальная часть речи в информативном процессе.Стаття присвячена вивченню специфіки мови газет Криму. Ми звернули увагу на газетну мову, особливо на газетні заголовки, які є актуальними в мовленні в інформативному процесі.The article is devoted to the research of the peculiarity of Crimean newspapers. Our attention was attached by the newspaper language and the structure of newspaper titles as the most actual part of speech in the informational process
Consumer Car Preferences and Information Search Channels
In this paper, we measure the relations between stated and revealed car preferences and the use of information sources in the car purchasing process, based on a survey of households in the Netherlands. The analysis showed that attitudinal and behavioral constructs are found for ‘environmental’, ‘performance’, and ‘convenience’ preferences, but that there is a ‘gap’ between attitude and behavior. The results show that people with a positive environmental attitude who also show environmentally friendly behavior have more involvement with cars than people who do not translate their environmental attitude into the corresponding behavior. This leads to the idea that not only environmental knowledge but also involvement with cars is a prerequisite for buying an environmentally friendly car.car purchase, involvement, attitude–behavior gap, information search
Introduction to the IST2014 special section
This special issue reports some results presented at the 5th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference, which took place in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The guiding theme of the conference was “Impact and Institutions”. With regard to “Impact”, various sessions devoted attention to the practical applicability of transitions research and addressed the question: Do the insights, theoretical models and new theory development sufficiently spill over to the policy and business domains? The focus on institutions reflected the observation that while the first years the community was busy establishing its identity and developing relevant new theoretical frameworks, the more established community is linking up with other areas of research. Whereas the majority of papers at previous conferences can be characterized as empirical applications of the main frameworks (SNM, MLP, TIS), now we observe a broadening where researchers strengthen the theoretical foundations of these frameworks by connecting the sustainability transitions literature to other relevant bodies of literature. Especially the link between transition and institutional theories is seen as a fruitful avenue for further research
Why do companies’ institutional strategies differ across cities? A cross-case analysis of bike sharing in Shanghai & Amsterdam
Bike sharing has the potential to contribute to more sustainable urban mobility. Companies providing this service need to generate legitimacy for their venture when entering new cities. They may have to change formal and informal institutions in cities they want to operate. In this paper we explore how and why companies’ institutional strategies differ across cities. We compare strategies of emerging free-floating bike sharing companies in Shanghai and Amsterdam. These cities provide a counterintuitive starting point: Shanghai is a car-dominant city which has embraced bike sharing, whereas in Amsterdam – a typical cycling city – it was banned soon after its introduction. We find that companies use similar launching strategies, but different institutional strategies as they respond to varying spatial conditions consisting of local institutions (e.g. rules, norms and cultures) physical place specific elements (e.g. infrastructures and urban mobility challenges) and issues of power (e.g. support and resistance)
Why do companies’ institutional strategies differ across cities? A cross-case analysis of bike sharing in Shanghai & Amsterdam
Bike sharing has the potential to contribute to more sustainable urban mobility. Companies providing this service need to generate legitimacy for their venture when entering new cities. They may have to change formal and informal institutions in cities they want to operate. In this paper we explore how and why companies’ institutional strategies differ across cities. We compare strategies of emerging free-floating bike sharing companies in Shanghai and Amsterdam. These cities provide a counterintuitive starting point: Shanghai is a car-dominant city which has embraced bike sharing, whereas in Amsterdam – a typical cycling city – it was banned soon after its introduction. We find that companies use similar launching strategies, but different institutional strategies as they respond to varying spatial conditions consisting of local institutions (e.g. rules, norms and cultures) physical place specific elements (e.g. infrastructures and urban mobility challenges) and issues of power (e.g. support and resistance)