A u-turn to the future : sustainable urban mobility since 1850 / editors, Martin Emanuel, Frank Schipper, Ruth Oldenziel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Emanuel, Martin, 1977- editor.

Schipper, Frank, editor.

Oldenziel, Ruth, 1958- editor.

Series:

Explorations in mobility ; 4.

Explorations in mobility ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban transportation--History.

Urban transportation.

Sustainable urban development--History.

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 339 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2020]

Summary:

"From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a "usable past," the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION Historicizing Sustainable Urban Mobility

SECTION I Selling Unsustainable Urban Mobility

CHAPTER 1 Designing (Un)Sustainable Urban Mobility from Transnational Settings, 1850–Present

CHAPTER 2 History as Motordom’s Tool of Agenda Legitimation: Twentieth-Century U.S. Urban Mobility Trajectories

CHAPTER 3 Railway Modernism Losing Out: Lessons from an English Conurbation, 1955–1975

SECTION II Recovering Sustainable Mobilities of the Past

CHAPTER 4 Pedestrian Stories: Recovering Sustainable Urban Mobility

CHAPTER 5 Load Story: A Century of Pedestrian Logistics in Toulouse

CHAPTER 6 Recovering Sustainable Mobility Practices: A Visual History of Turku’s Streetscape 1950–1980

SECTION III Persistence and Sustainable Urban Mobilities

CHAPTER 7 State Socialism and Sustainable Urban Mobility: Alternative Paths in St. Petersburg since the 1880s

CHAPTER 8 Livable Streets and Hidden Unsustainability: The Biography of a Street in Stockholm

CHAPTER 9 Green Urban Spaces and Sustainable Mobility: Parks as Pockets of Persistence since the 1830s

SECTION IV Research Agendas for the Future

CHAPTER 10 Mobility Justice and the Velomobile Commons in Urban America

CHAPTER 11 Toward a Long-Term Measurement System of Sustainable Urban Mobility

EPILOGUE Reflections from a Policy Perspective

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-277-9

1-78920-560-3

OCLC:

1347247040