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Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility
A critical analysis of transport systems and projects in a wide range of cities.
From reducing car dependency and expanding EVs to promoting public transport, sustainable mobility has been a hot topic in urban planning and the transportation sector. Arriving at this timely moment, Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility challenges the dominant discourses of motorization and the ineffective implementation of sustainable mobility. It argues that transport planning history is not merely a record of successful projects but a reflection of how transport has been provided, including who and what has been included or excluded. Using discourse analysis, the book examines physical transport infrastructure against the socially constructed realities in transport planning across a variety of international case studies, including Oxford, Bogotá, Chongqing, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, and Delhi. In each case, the discursive frameworks surrounding transport and urban planning point toward promising pathways for achieving greater sustainability in transportation.
From reducing car dependency and expanding EVs to promoting public transport, sustainable mobility has been a hot topic in urban planning and the transportation sector. Arriving at this timely moment, Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility challenges the dominant discourses of motorization and the ineffective implementation of sustainable mobility. It argues that transport planning history is not merely a record of successful projects but a reflection of how transport has been provided, including who and what has been included or excluded. Using discourse analysis, the book examines physical transport infrastructure against the socially constructed realities in transport planning across a variety of international case studies, including Oxford, Bogotá, Chongqing, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, and Delhi. In each case, the discursive frameworks surrounding transport and urban planning point toward promising pathways for achieving greater sustainability in transportation.

Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Introduction
1 The production of mobility
2 Understanding space and mobility
Part II: History
3 The regimes and impacts of motorisation
4 Plymouth
Part III: Truth
5 Oxford
6 Freiburg
7 Singapore
8 Bogotá
9 Houten
**Part IV: Power **
10 Chongqing
11 London, King’s Cross
12 Rio De Janeiro
Part V: Discontinuity
13 Utrecht
14 Copenhagen
15 Malmö
16 Dar Es Salaam
17 Delhi
18 Shenzhen
Part VI: Ethics
19 Manchester
20 Valenciennes
21 Medellín
Part VII: Subjectivity
22 London, Ltn21
23 Portland
Part VIII: Conclusion
24 Emerging mobility and space?
References Index
List of tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Introduction
1 The production of mobility
2 Understanding space and mobility
Part II: History
3 The regimes and impacts of motorisation
4 Plymouth
Part III: Truth
5 Oxford
6 Freiburg
7 Singapore
8 Bogotá
9 Houten
**Part IV: Power **
10 Chongqing
11 London, King’s Cross
12 Rio De Janeiro
Part V: Discontinuity
13 Utrecht
14 Copenhagen
15 Malmö
16 Dar Es Salaam
17 Delhi
18 Shenzhen
Part VI: Ethics
19 Manchester
20 Valenciennes
21 Medellín
Part VII: Subjectivity
22 London, Ltn21
23 Portland
Part VIII: Conclusion
24 Emerging mobility and space?
References Index
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