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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.

320 pages | 6.14 x 9.21 | © 2025

Geography: Urban Geography

Sociology: Urban and Rural Sociology


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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

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