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Integrating Social Practice Theory into Participatory Backcasting for Sustainable Urban Transport Transitions
This paper demonstrates how social practice theory can enhance the visioning phase of transport backcasting studies. Future research could explore the cross-cultural applicability of these practice-based scenarios in diverse urban environments.
In plain words
Planning greener city transport often starts with a picture of the future and works backwards. Would building that picture around people's everyday habits, rather than new technology alone, make the planning work better and win more commitment?
Primary research question
How does the integration of social practice theory improve the effectiveness of participatory backcasting in transport planning?
Knowledge gap
What remains worth asking
It remains useful to test whether practice-based scenarios lead to higher stakeholder commitment compared to traditional technology-focused scenarios.
Potential contribution
Why it may matter
This research offers a more nuanced approach to policy design by focusing on everyday social practices rather than just technological solutions.
Academic placement
Academic fields and topic tags
Study frame: Urban transport policy and sustainable development planning. · Method signals: Participatory workshops, Backcasting, Social practice theory analysis
Possible study pathways
One question, different levels
Professional master’s / MBA
Sustainable urban management
Doctoral
Transition studies and transport policy
- originality
- Moderate
- methodology
- Moderate
- Data access
- Moderate
- ethics
- Accessible
Quality and audit
85/100 quality
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- Focus on stakeholder engagement and practical policy application.
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APA 7 source
Camilleri, R., Attard, M., & Hickman, R. (2021). Future Low-Carbon Transport Scenarios: Practice Theory-Based Visioning for Backcasting Studies. Sustainability, 14(1), 74. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010074
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