Beyond the regime: can Integrated Sustainability Assessment address the barriers to effective sustainable passenger mobility policy?

Lorraine Whitmarsh, John Turnpenny and Bjőrn Nykvist

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2009, vol. 52, issue 8, 973-991

Abstract: Sustainability policy making is hampered by a tendency towards sector-based, short-term and often techno-fix perspectives. This paper describes a novel policy development and assessment framework - Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA) - that may help address problems of unsustainability in a more integrated and strategic manner. ISA involves two primary methods: transition analysis and stakeholder engagement. The ISA case study on sustainable passenger mobility suggests ISA is well equipped to produce a holistic analysis of mobility systems, illustrate radical alternatives to the status quo and foster social learning. Further research should explore its potential to induce long-term behavioural or institutional change.

Keywords: sustainability assessment; mobility; transitions; stakeholder engagement; social learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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