系统的融合和汽车的重新发明
1Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK.
概括
汽车系统面临着可持续性挑战,因为它与能源和技术等其他部门合并. 这种转变创造了新的矛盾和不确定性,需要可持续性科学来导航.
科学领域:
- 可持续性科学 可持续性科学
- 系统分析 系统分析
- 社会技术转型 社会技术转型
背景情况:
- 全球汽车系统,包括汽车的生产,使用和处置,深深地融入了社会.
- 该系统目前正在进行可持续性转型,其特点是与其他主要系统的相互作用越来越大.
研究的目的:
- 为汽车系统的发展和当前状态提供纵向分析.
- 检查汽车系统与其他行业的融合对可持续发展的影响.
- 了解系统稳定性和由外部影响驱动的碎片化之间的紧张关系.
主要方法:
- 汽车系统的纵向分析.
- 检查系统对系统的相互作用及其可持续性意义.
- 分析技术创新,组织实验和机构改革.
主要成果:
- 汽车系统正在经历与电力,住房,航空航天和信息系统的重大融合.
- 这种趋同导致了争议,不确定性,制度改革以及企业战略和社会实践的转变.
- 由于外部影响,在保持汽车系统的连贯性和潜在的系统碎片化之间存在紧张关系.
结论:
- 系统对系统的融合提供了解决现有的可持续性矛盾的机会和产生新矛盾的风险.
- 汽车系统的过渡是复杂的,受到内部障碍和外部边界效应的影响.
- 可持续发展科学对于评估汽车转型的结果和管理新出现的可持续发展问题至关重要.
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