Wells, Peter Erskine  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-7178
2012.
Converging transport policy, industrial policy and environmental policy: The implications for localities and social equity.
Local Economy
27
(7)
, pp. 749-763.
10.1177/0269094212455018
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Abstract
This article argues that nurturing the nascent electric vehicle industry and the attempts to achieve low carbon mobility in Europe, while laudable policy aims, lack a coherent treatment of social equity. The transition process is assumed to be largely technocratic and unproblematic. Consequently, the article identifies inter- and intra-regional dimensions of inequality that are emerging around the convergence of transport policy, industrial policy and environmental policy. First, inter-regional competition and a lack of national or international coordination will result in some regions failing to capture the wealth creation benefits of this new industry. Second, within regions the privileges accorded to those owning and using electric vehicles will further exacerbate mobility disadvantage for those excluded from ownership or use. It is concluded that transitions theory is overly technocentric and pluralist, and lacking in critical content.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Business (Including Economics) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | automobility; electric vehicle industry; inter-regional competition; low carbon mobility; socio-technical transitions; transport inequality |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| ISSN: | 0269-0942 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 10:03 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/38839 |
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