TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a spatial perspective on niche development: the case of Bus Rapid Transit
AU - Sengers, Frans
AU - Raven, Rob
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper responds to recent criticism from geographers that the ‘local–global’ niche model in transition studies is spatially naïve. A number of relevant geography literatures (buzz-pipelines, global production networks, policy mobilities) are mobilized to develop a more geographically nuanced understanding of niche development. The result complements the original model by providing center stage to (1) the spatialities of the production and transfer of knowledge, (2) the geographies of the actor networks involved and (3) the dynamics of embeddedness by which these global networks and knowledge discourses become entangled with place-specific power relationships, institutions and infrastructures. To illustrate this empirically, we trace the tortuous innovation journey of Bus Rapid Transit – a promising new mode of urban transportation that is spreading rapidly across the globe.
AB - This paper responds to recent criticism from geographers that the ‘local–global’ niche model in transition studies is spatially naïve. A number of relevant geography literatures (buzz-pipelines, global production networks, policy mobilities) are mobilized to develop a more geographically nuanced understanding of niche development. The result complements the original model by providing center stage to (1) the spatialities of the production and transfer of knowledge, (2) the geographies of the actor networks involved and (3) the dynamics of embeddedness by which these global networks and knowledge discourses become entangled with place-specific power relationships, institutions and infrastructures. To illustrate this empirically, we trace the tortuous innovation journey of Bus Rapid Transit – a promising new mode of urban transportation that is spreading rapidly across the globe.
KW - Bus Rapid Transit
KW - TransitGeography of transitions
KW - Local-global
KW - Niches
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422414000926
U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2014.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2014.12.003
M3 - Article
SN - 2210-4224
VL - 17
SP - 166
EP - 182
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
ER -