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Papers by Yuko Aoyama
The AAG review of books, Apr 3, 2017
Cities, Dec 1, 2021
Abstract The development and deployment of autonomous vehicles is inseparable from the questions ... more Abstract The development and deployment of autonomous vehicles is inseparable from the questions about the future development of cities. Urban governance is vital in ensuring the viability, effectiveness and safety of the next generation urban mobility services, and various roles taken on by cities are pivotal for the creation and maintenance of markets for autonomous vehicles. In this paper, we examine how urban governance approaches for autonomous vehicles development and deployment in the United States are evolving within multi-scalar regulatory contexts. We conceptualize the various types of engagements by cities through four different roles: city as regulator, mediator, data catalyst, and promoter. These categories are not mutually exclusive, but complementary, and are intended to support the development of appropriate models as cities continue to evaluate options for their urban mobility futures. We present two illustrative examples, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts, to analyze how cities vary in their approaches to the new urban mobility sector. These are two of the leading municipalities in the United States on autonomous vehicle testing and deployment, and their experiences are helpful to elucidating the variety of regulatory contexts, approaches to governance, and potential outcomes.
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, 2016
Energy research and social science, Jul 1, 2018
To date, challenges to renewable energy transition have been discussed largely based on the cases... more To date, challenges to renewable energy transition have been discussed largely based on the cases and experiences from the Global North. In this paper, we aim at broadening our understanding of this specific sociotechnical transition by incorporating the case of wind power development in China. Based on the analysis of policy and legal documents, we examine how institutions are organized and incentives are distributed among relevant stakeholders. We argue that China's significant wind curtailment problem has been produced and exacerbated by multiple axes of institutional misalignments stemming from China's fragmented energy bureaucracy. Through the study of the Chinese approach to renewable energy transition, our goal is to demonstrate the institutional plurality of socio-technical transition and the context specificity of its challenges.
Annals of the Association of Economic Geographers, Dec 31, 1999
Environment and Planning A, Jul 1, 2006
Revista Brasileira de Inovação, 2019
El ascenso de un dominio híbrido es el vehículo para resolver problemas sociales extremadamente c... more El ascenso de un dominio híbrido es el vehículo para resolver problemas sociales extremadamente complejos que requieren soluciones innovadoras. Se trata de una dimensión en la que confluyen el estado, el mercado y las organizaciones del tercer sector. El libro "The rise of the hybrid domain. Collaborative governance for social innovation" escrito por Yuko Aoyama con Balaji Parthasarathy se apoya en una amplia revisión de la bibliografía existente y en un minucioso y extenso trabajo de campo en la India. Los resultados son originales y proveen nuevos puntos de vista sobre el extenso campo de la innovación social.
In spite of the recent acknowledgements of "open source development" type of user-led innovation,... more In spite of the recent acknowledgements of "open source development" type of user-led innovation, our understanding is still limited as to its applicability and benefit. Particularly, from the viewpoint of firms making consumer goods, it remains unclear whether they can take advantage of peer-to-peer interaction and collaboration among consumers in the Internet era. Through an analysis of the video game industry, this article highlights its potential and limitations. The current hype of user-led innovation entails the risk of the concept's being over-applied in terms of its applicability across industries and assumption of benefits. We argue that user-led innovation emerged out of not only technology-specific environment, but also culturally-specific context of industries. Our analysis shows that user-led innovation in its applications is likely to be constrained by the cultural context among other obstacles, thereby limiting its usefulness to a set of industries with particular characteristics. .
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2021
Uneven development and the territoriality of renewable energy resources complicate prevailing the... more Uneven development and the territoriality of renewable energy resources complicate prevailing theories of regional energy transitions. This article proposes a framework for the study of regional energy transitions informed by theories of variegated capitalism and geographical scholarship on the materiality and territoriality of energy. We make the case for this framework by demonstrating that the development of offshore wind energy in the Northeastern USA has been hindered by the (in)action of the US federal government, which can be explained in part by the economic importance of natural gas extraction in the underdeveloped, yet politically influential region of Northern Appalachia.
Revista Internacional Del Trabajo, 1994
development and environmental politics:
Annals of the Association of Economic Geographers, 2003
The AAG Review of Books, 2017
There is little doubt that Nature, Choice and Social Power makes significant contributions to our... more There is little doubt that Nature, Choice and Social Power makes significant contributions to our understanding of environmental history. The book coherently shows the reader how social power has historically structured what appear to be individual choices, focusing specifically on the impacts of these choices on the human relationship with nature. Spanning a study of a diverse set of issues that range from mining to the automobile industry to urban sprawl, Erica Schoenberger's lucid and entertaining writing style makes the book an utter delight to read. The histories of social choices such as the gasoline engine, gold, and the structure of contemporary U.S. cities are lengthy, rich, and complex. Schoenberger carefully unravels these histories. Her method weaves together snippets from extensive reading and research, giving the reader a sense of the richness and complexity that underlie the history of our social choices. 1. Even the most radical of ecological critics seem to accept a politics of consuming less (see, e.g., Klein 2014).
The AAG review of books, Apr 3, 2017
Cities, Dec 1, 2021
Abstract The development and deployment of autonomous vehicles is inseparable from the questions ... more Abstract The development and deployment of autonomous vehicles is inseparable from the questions about the future development of cities. Urban governance is vital in ensuring the viability, effectiveness and safety of the next generation urban mobility services, and various roles taken on by cities are pivotal for the creation and maintenance of markets for autonomous vehicles. In this paper, we examine how urban governance approaches for autonomous vehicles development and deployment in the United States are evolving within multi-scalar regulatory contexts. We conceptualize the various types of engagements by cities through four different roles: city as regulator, mediator, data catalyst, and promoter. These categories are not mutually exclusive, but complementary, and are intended to support the development of appropriate models as cities continue to evaluate options for their urban mobility futures. We present two illustrative examples, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts, to analyze how cities vary in their approaches to the new urban mobility sector. These are two of the leading municipalities in the United States on autonomous vehicle testing and deployment, and their experiences are helpful to elucidating the variety of regulatory contexts, approaches to governance, and potential outcomes.
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, 2016
Energy research and social science, Jul 1, 2018
To date, challenges to renewable energy transition have been discussed largely based on the cases... more To date, challenges to renewable energy transition have been discussed largely based on the cases and experiences from the Global North. In this paper, we aim at broadening our understanding of this specific sociotechnical transition by incorporating the case of wind power development in China. Based on the analysis of policy and legal documents, we examine how institutions are organized and incentives are distributed among relevant stakeholders. We argue that China's significant wind curtailment problem has been produced and exacerbated by multiple axes of institutional misalignments stemming from China's fragmented energy bureaucracy. Through the study of the Chinese approach to renewable energy transition, our goal is to demonstrate the institutional plurality of socio-technical transition and the context specificity of its challenges.
Annals of the Association of Economic Geographers, Dec 31, 1999
Environment and Planning A, Jul 1, 2006
Revista Brasileira de Inovação, 2019
El ascenso de un dominio híbrido es el vehículo para resolver problemas sociales extremadamente c... more El ascenso de un dominio híbrido es el vehículo para resolver problemas sociales extremadamente complejos que requieren soluciones innovadoras. Se trata de una dimensión en la que confluyen el estado, el mercado y las organizaciones del tercer sector. El libro "The rise of the hybrid domain. Collaborative governance for social innovation" escrito por Yuko Aoyama con Balaji Parthasarathy se apoya en una amplia revisión de la bibliografía existente y en un minucioso y extenso trabajo de campo en la India. Los resultados son originales y proveen nuevos puntos de vista sobre el extenso campo de la innovación social.
In spite of the recent acknowledgements of "open source development" type of user-led innovation,... more In spite of the recent acknowledgements of "open source development" type of user-led innovation, our understanding is still limited as to its applicability and benefit. Particularly, from the viewpoint of firms making consumer goods, it remains unclear whether they can take advantage of peer-to-peer interaction and collaboration among consumers in the Internet era. Through an analysis of the video game industry, this article highlights its potential and limitations. The current hype of user-led innovation entails the risk of the concept's being over-applied in terms of its applicability across industries and assumption of benefits. We argue that user-led innovation emerged out of not only technology-specific environment, but also culturally-specific context of industries. Our analysis shows that user-led innovation in its applications is likely to be constrained by the cultural context among other obstacles, thereby limiting its usefulness to a set of industries with particular characteristics. .
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2021
Uneven development and the territoriality of renewable energy resources complicate prevailing the... more Uneven development and the territoriality of renewable energy resources complicate prevailing theories of regional energy transitions. This article proposes a framework for the study of regional energy transitions informed by theories of variegated capitalism and geographical scholarship on the materiality and territoriality of energy. We make the case for this framework by demonstrating that the development of offshore wind energy in the Northeastern USA has been hindered by the (in)action of the US federal government, which can be explained in part by the economic importance of natural gas extraction in the underdeveloped, yet politically influential region of Northern Appalachia.
Revista Internacional Del Trabajo, 1994
development and environmental politics:
Annals of the Association of Economic Geographers, 2003
The AAG Review of Books, 2017
There is little doubt that Nature, Choice and Social Power makes significant contributions to our... more There is little doubt that Nature, Choice and Social Power makes significant contributions to our understanding of environmental history. The book coherently shows the reader how social power has historically structured what appear to be individual choices, focusing specifically on the impacts of these choices on the human relationship with nature. Spanning a study of a diverse set of issues that range from mining to the automobile industry to urban sprawl, Erica Schoenberger's lucid and entertaining writing style makes the book an utter delight to read. The histories of social choices such as the gasoline engine, gold, and the structure of contemporary U.S. cities are lengthy, rich, and complex. Schoenberger carefully unravels these histories. Her method weaves together snippets from extensive reading and research, giving the reader a sense of the richness and complexity that underlie the history of our social choices. 1. Even the most radical of ecological critics seem to accept a politics of consuming less (see, e.g., Klein 2014).
15th Globelics (Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) International Conference, 2017
Large sections of the world’s population have limited or no access to social and physical infrast... more Large sections of the world’s population have limited or no access to social and physical infrastructure such as education, healthcare, all-weather roads or power. Empirically, the lack of such access reflects the failure of both states and markets; conceptually, it exposes the limits of the accepted distinctions between these institutions in terms of the division of labour in providing public/private goods. The conceptual limits are exacerbated by the double-edged prospects of globalization and the increasing prominence of global public goods, whose jurisdiction of production and consumption are unclear. To overcome the conceptual and empirical impasse, new institutional actors are needed and it is on two such that this paper focuses: social enterprises and transnational social enterprises (TSEs). What is novel about social enterprises and TSEs is their keenness to overcome the state-market duality by pursuing a dual objective of increasing social value as an outcome of product/service delivery, while remaining sustainable financially. Their ability to do so reflects the concurrent emergence of new forms of financing, particularly venture philanthropy and impact investing which seek not just a financial returns but also social and environmental returns to any investment. The paper then presents two cases that show how a social enterprise in health care, and a transnational enterprise in urban infrastructure attempt to remain financially sustainable while delivering socially value.