TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A socio-technical analysis of low-carbon transitions: introducing the multi-level perspective into transport studies
JO  - Journal of transport geography
A1  - Geels, Frank W.
SP  - 471
EP  - 482
VL  - 24
IS  - 
N2  - 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 multi-dimensional 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.<p /> 
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SN  - 0966-6923
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.021
ID  - ref1
ER  -