Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Navigating Detours in the Mobility Transition

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What if the real challenge of decarbonising mobility lay somewhere other than where we thought?Faced with the climate emergency, the transition is still largely treated as a matter of technology, without questioning the constant increase in travel, distances covered, and speed. Worse still, this focus on decarbonisation pushes into the background the other ecological and social challenges posed by our mobility system, including biodiversity collapse, the exponential consumption of space and materials, and widening inequalities.Bringing together around sixty international specialists in the social sciences, this book turns the perspective on its head. It shows that the shift towards sustainable mobility requires, first and foremost, a profound transformation of our lifestyles, our territories and, consequently, our public policies and social norms.Why do we remain so dependent on the car? How can we reconcile freedom, social justice, and quality of life with ecological imperatives?By providing an unprecedented overview of scientific knowledge and possible courses of action, this book demonstrates that more restrained forms of mobility can also offer greater freedom, fairness, and desirability. It is an essential reference for understanding the contemporary challenges of the ecological transition and imagining the mobilities of tomorrow.This project was launched at the initiative of the Forum Vies Mobiles, a French think tank specialising in mobility, whose aim is to respond to citizens’ aspirations while moving beyond a carbon-based mobility system.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-24
Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 358
Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9781041223832

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Vincent Kaufmann is Professor of Urban Sociology and Mobility Analysis at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he heads the Urban Sociology Laboratory (LaSUR) and serves as Scientific Director of the Forum Vies Mobiles.Mimi Sheller is Professor of Global and Integrative Studies at the Global School of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.

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"Detours are glitches, anomalies, or friction that block, prevent, and obstruct intentions, plans, and goals. ‘Detours in the Mobility Transition’ is an important analytical wake-up call to why things are moving so slow, why matters of concern still seem to stall, and why the much-needed environmental transition takes so long. The mobility transition needed has been detoured, and in this book, we learn how and why. This is important for critical action to take place, and for any way to mitigate the detours of mobility transition. Through five sections the book covers an analytical framework based on mobilities thinking, how the transition needs regulation and control, how transforming lifestyles are necessary to challenge the lock-ins of human practices working against transition, the need for innovation, and not least how to be ‘breaking locks’ in order for transition actually to happen. The book is a must-read for all critically, concerned urban mobility scholars, transportation planners, and policy makers."Professor Ole B. Jensen, Center for Mobilities and Urban Studies (C-MUS), Aalborg University "An essential read not just for social scientists, but for anyone preoccupied with the climate crisis and how to transform our ways of travelling. Covering a wide range of topics and examples from around the globe, this book helps us rethink sustainable mobility transitions at a timely moment, in the face of mounting backlash against decarbonization policies."Professor Claire Colomb, Department of Land Economy, School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge.

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