Policy coherence of low-emission transport transition in the Global South: The case of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

IF 5.7 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI:10.1016/j.eist.2025.100967

Tohmina Khatoon

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Abstract

Global South megacities have been adopting various policies to stimulate a shift towards a low-emission road passenger transport system but have yet to make progress. Simultaneously, sustainability transitions research has insufficiently studied policy interactions in Global South contexts. This paper applied a policy coherence analysis to a Global South context to study the policies adopted during 2000–2020 to stimulate a shift towards low-emission road passenger transport systems in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Top-down and bottom-up approaches were combined to analyse policies. Results show that policies were more coherent around the politically prioritised transport technologies and practices than those not politically privileged. Political prioritisation matched the government's electoral manifesto and its long-term pro-climate development masterplans. Political disfavour resulted from financial constraints and resistance due to the vested interests of incumbent actors. This discrepancy resulted in policy incoherence inhibiting transformative change in the road passenger transport system as a whole.

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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13.60

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56 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions serves as a platform for reporting studies on innovations and socio-economic transitions aimed at fostering an environmentally sustainable economy, thereby addressing structural resource scarcity and environmental challenges, particularly those associated with fossil energy use and climate change. The journal focuses on various forms of innovation, including technological, organizational, economic, institutional, and political, as well as economy-wide and sectoral changes in areas such as energy, transport, agriculture, and water management. It endeavors to tackle complex questions concerning social, economic, behavioral-psychological, and political barriers and opportunities, along with their intricate interactions. With a multidisciplinary approach and methodological openness, the journal welcomes contributions from a wide array of disciplines within the social, environmental, and innovation sciences.