Low Carbon Mobility Transitions

Debbie Hopkins, James Higham

ISBN: 978-1-910158-64-7 hbk; 978-1-910158-65-4 eBook
DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-64-7-2847

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A thorough exploration of low carbon mobility transitions from a range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives;
A broad view of low carbon transition across travel, transport, tourism and mobilities studies;
A critical exploration of the global, regional and local prospects for low carbon mobility transitions;
Illustrating examples of low carbon transition, from leading scholars researching in a wide range of geographic contexts.

Arranged in three interrelated sections; People and Place, Structures in Transition, and Innovations for Low Carbon Mobility, Low Carbon Mobility Transitions presents nineteen theoretically-informed, empirically grounded chapters and case studies that comprehensively address the prospects for global, regional, and local systemic transitions to low carbon mobility. Bringing together the work of leading researchers from 26 universities, research centres and consultancies, spanning six continents, it critically explores the wide-ranging regional contexts in which a low carbon transition has been, is being, or can be achieved. In doing so, it highlights the place-specific, geopolitical and cultural sensitivities of low carbon transitions at national, regional and local (urban) scales. The overlapping roles of technological innovation, behaviour change and policy frameworks are critically examined in this book, providing timely insights into the opportunities for decarbonising the current systems of transport, in order to achieve the radical emissions reductions required to prevent lasting impacts of climate change.

Highlights of the book include:

Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary insights into low carbon mobility transitions;
Research-informed chapters and case studies including a range of geographic contexts across the global North and South;
New perspectives on the intersecting and overlapping roles of technological innovation, behaviour change and policy frameworks;
Expert assessments of systemic low carbon transition.

About the Editors

Debbie Hopkins is a Research Fellow at the Transport Studies Unit, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford (UK), and a Junior Research Fellow in Geography at Mansfield College, Oxford.
James Higham is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago (New Zealand), Visiting Professor, University of Stavanger (Norway) and co-editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

Ch 1 Transitioning to Low Carbon Mobility (Debbie Hopkins and James Higham); Part 1: People and Place: Ch 2 Knowledge Co-production and Behavioural Change: Collaborative apÂ¬proaches for promoting low carbon mobility (Stewart Barr and Gareth Shaw); Ch 3 Generational Mobilities: Transitions for the millennial generation (Alexa Delbosc); Ch 4 Optimising Low Carbon Mobility for Health and Equity (Alex Macmillan and Hamish Mackie); Ch 5 Hypermobile Business and Leisure Lifestyles: Will wellbeing concerns stimulate environmental co-benefits? (Scott A. Cohen); Case Study 1: The low carbon mobilities of Chinese migrant communities in Sydney, Australia (Sophie-May Kerr, Natascha Klocker and Gordon Waitt); Case Study 2: Opening Cape Town streets for a low carbon future (Leanne Seeliger and Lisa Kane); Part 2: Structures in Transition: Ch 6 The Challenges of Changing the Paradigms, Regimes and Structures of Low Carbon Mobility (C. Michael Hall); Ch 7 Institutions, Path Dependency and Public Transport (Muhammad Imran and Jane Pearce); Ch 8 The Structures of Mobility and Challenges of Low Carbon Transitions in India (Rutul Joshi, Yogi Joseph and Vivek Chandran); Ch 9 Low Carbon Transition in Finnish Mobility: The clash of experimental transport governance and established practices? (Paula Kivimaa and Armi Temmes); Ch 10 The Underlying Structures of Low Carbon Mobility (Peter Newman); Case Study 3: Why the car is key to low carbon mobility in Brazil (Tobias Kuhnimhof and Christine Weiss); Case Study 4: Low carbon transition â€“ potentials and limitations for tour operators (Melanie Stroebel); Part 3: Innovations for Low Carbon Mobility: Ch 11 The Constrained Governance of Socio-technical Transitions: Evidence from electric mobility in Scotland (Craig Morton and David Beeton); Ch 12 Innovations to Transform Personal Mobility (Tim Schwanen); Ch 13 Interrelationships of Internet Technologies and Transport Behaviour (Stefan GÃ¶ssling); Ch 14 Aeromobilities in Transition: From quick and dirty to slow and sexy (Rob Bongaerts, Jeroen Nawijn, Eke Eijgelaar and Paul Peeters); Case Study 5: Low carbon mobility transitions in China (David Tyfield and Dennis Zuev); Case Study 6: Achieving a low carbon transition in Japan: The role of moÂ¬tor vehicle lifetime (Shigemi Kagawa, Daisuke Nishijima and Yuya Nakamoto); Conclusion: Ch 15 Low Carbon Mobility: Urgent futures and radical transitions (James Higham and Debbie Hopkins); Index

About the authors

Debbie Hopkins is a Research Fellow at the Transport Studies Unit, School of Geography and the Environment, and a Junior Research Fellow at Mansfield College,both at the University of Oxford (UK). James Higham is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago (New Zealand) and Visiting Professor, University of Stavanger (Norway).