Sustainable mobility: from technological innovation to societal learning

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1104-1115

  Vergragt, Philip J ^a   Brown, Halina Szejnwald ^b  

^a TELLUS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcasting; Boston scenarios; Higher order learning; Hydrogen fuel cells; Social learning; Sustainable transportation; Technological innovation; Visioning

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN FUELS; INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

BACKCASTING; BOSTON SCENARIOS; HIGHER ORDER LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; VISIONING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33847748623     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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