ISBN:
9781447345169
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 248 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The politics of cycling infrastructure
DDC:
307.1216094
Keywords:
City planning-Europe
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City planning-Europe
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Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Stadtverkehr
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Radfahrerverkehr
Abstract:
This book examines existing cycling structures and the current policies and practices used to promote cycling in Europe. Its interdisciplinary analysis considers the cultural politics of infrastructural provision and connects this to questions of sustainability, citizenship and justice in cities.
Abstract:
Table of Contents -- List of figures, tables and box -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Theorising infrastructure: a politics of spaces and edges -- 2. The cultural politics of infrastructure: the case of Louis Botha Avenue in Johannesburg, South Africa -- 3. Spatial dimensions of the marginalisation of cycling - marginalisation through rationalisation? -- 4. Mental barriers in planning for cycling -- 5. Safety, risk and road traffic danger: towards a transformational approach to the dominant ideology -- 6. What constructs a cycle city? A comparison of policy narratives in Newcastle and Bremen -- 7. Hard work in paradise. The contested making of Amsterdam as a cycling city -- 8. Conflictual politics of sustainability: cycling organisations and the Øresund crossing -- 9. Vélomobility in Copenhagen - a perfect world? -- 10. Navigating cycling infrastructure in Sofia, Bulgaria -- 11. Cycling advocacy in São Paulo: influence and effects in politics -- Conclusion -- Index
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