<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Mobilising knowledges across a geography creates opportunities for transitions to smart systems. Publics in a geography are consequently able to form their perspectives around a system and align potential benefits with their needs. Intelligent transport systems are an example of smart living and EVs are cited as an alternative technology that are key to their application. This conceptual paper uses EVs as an example to demonstrate how knowledge mobilisation relating to such technologies can better cater to a geography’s needs. Unfortunately, current EV studies focus on a rural-urban binary. Thus, this conceptual contribution reflects on a study in Cornwall, UK, to reveal the heterogeneous influences on rural EV-related perspectives. This heterogeneity manifests both in particular locations and across cases. Overall a suite of transferrable participatory methods to improve rural knowledge mobilisation is outlined.</p></abstract>

Mobilising knowledges across a geography creates opportunities for transitions to smart systems. Publics in a geography are consequently able to form their perspectives around a system and align potential benefits with their needs. Intelligent transport systems are an example of smart living and EVs are cited as an alternative technology that are key to their application. This conceptual paper uses EVs as an example to demonstrate how knowledge mobilisation relating to such technologies can better cater to a geography’s needs. Unfortunately, current EV studies focus on a rural-urban binary. Thus, this conceptual contribution reflects on a study in Cornwall, UK, to reveal the heterogeneous influences on rural EV-related perspectives. This heterogeneity manifests both in particular locations and across cases. Overall a suite of transferrable participatory methods to improve rural knowledge mobilisation is outlined.

The Role of Rural Heterogeneity in Knowledge Mobilisation and Sociotechnical Transitions: Reflections from a Study on Electric Vehicles as an Alternative Technology for Cornwall, UK

European Centre for the Environment and Human Health

Centre for Geography and Environmental Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Peter Lanyon Building

European Countryside

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Mobilising knowledges across a geography creates opportunities for transitions to smart systems. Publics in a geography are consequently able to form their...

The Role of Rural Heterogeneity in Knowledge Mobilisation and Sociotechnical Transitions: Reflections from a Study on Electric Vehicles as an Alternative Technology for Cornwall, UK

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2019

Páginas: 661 - 671

Recibido: 26 feb 2019

Aceptado: 02 dic 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0037

Palabras clave
Sociotechnical transitions, Knowledge mobilisation, Intelligent transport systems, Electric vehicles, Smart systems

© 2019 Shukru Esmene et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Role of Rural Heterogeneity in Knowledge Mobilisation and Sociotechnical Transitions: Reflections from a Study on Electric Vehicles as an Alternative Technology for Cornwall, UK

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2019

Páginas: 661 - 671

Recibido: 26 feb 2019

Aceptado: 02 dic 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0037

Palabras claveSociotechnical transitions, Knowledge mobilisation, Intelligent transport systems, Electric vehicles, Smart systems

© 2019 Shukru Esmene et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
Sociotechnical transitions, Knowledge mobilisation, Intelligent transport systems, Electric vehicles, Smart systems