?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4514%2F&rft.title=Time+for+a+Change%3A+Rates+of+Diffusion+of+Ideas%2C+Technologies%2C+and+Social+Behaviors&rft.creator=Grubler%2C+A.&rft.description=Diffusion+phenomena+are+identified+to+be+at+the+heart+of+processes+of+technological%2C+economic+and+social+change.+Patterns%2C+regularities+and+timing+of+diffusion+processes+are+illustrated+on+basis+of+selected+examples.+A+metaanalysis+of+a+larger+sample+of+diffusion+processes+for+the+USA+identifies+rates+of+change+and+their+historical+discontinuities.+The+paper+concludes+in+emphasizing+the+interlinkages+within+whole+families+of+technologies+and+forms+of+social+techniques+(technology+clusters).+Historically%2C+these+have+been+instrumental+in+raising+productivity+and+also+alleviating+many+adverse+environmental+impacts.+The+emergence+of+a+new+cluster+could+hold+promise+for+an+environmentally+more+compatible+technological+trajectory+leading+to+further+dematerialization+and+decarbonization+of+our+economies.&rft.publisher=WP-95-082&rft.date=1995-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4514%2F1%2FWP-95-082.pdf&rft.identifier=++Grubler%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F112.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990%3E++(1995).++Time+for+a+Change%3A+Rates+of+Diffusion+of+Ideas%2C+Technologies%2C+and+Social+Behaviors.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-082+++++