A social problems framework for the critical appraisal ofautomobility and sustainable systems innovation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Abstract

Over the past three decades, critical assessment of the automobile has evolved from a focus on the technical inadequacies of the internal combustion engine to a more comprehensive appraisal of the sociotechnical system for providing mobility. The following study charts the evolution of this discourse by focusing in particularon the way in which the Worldwatch Institute hasinterpreted the various problems of the motorcarduring this timeframe. There are now indicationsthat a more thoroughgoing systems view of automobile dependency is developing predicated upon three problem dimensions: fuel use, urban congestion and sedentary lifestyles. The analysis presents a social‐problems framework for beginning to conceptualize more sustainable modes of mobility in the post‐automobile era. © 2006 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Identifier

85009578723 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Mobilities

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100500489106

e-ISSN

1745011X

ISSN

17450101

First Page

23

Last Page

38

Issue

1

Volume

1

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