{"product_id":"the-politics-of-cycling-infrastructure-9781447345152","title":"The Politics of Cycling Infrastructure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of compelling insights from some of the leading cycling researchers in the world, this volume brings the politics of infrastructure to bear in vibrant case studies of why and how cities continue to marginalize cycling despite its many known benefits.” Mimi Sheller, Drexel University\u003cbr\u003e\"In a day and age where human-powered mobility modes are praised for their sustainable potential, it is sobering to read this research showing the contested and stratified nature of velomobility across cities and societies.” Ole B. Jensen, Aalborg University\u003cbr\u003e\"An exciting and illuminating up and down ride through cycling infrastructures, policies and bike practices around different cities in the world.\"  Professor Jonas Larsen, Roskilde University, Denmark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Peter Cox and Till Koglin Chapter 1 Theorising infrastructure: a politics of spaces and edges Peter Cox  Chapter 2 The cultural politics of infrastructure: the case of Louis Botha Avenue in Johannesburg, South Africa Njogu Morgan Chapter 3 Spatial dimensions of the marginalisation of cycling – marginalisation through rationalisation? Till Koglin Chapter 4 Mental barriers in planning for cycling Tadej Brezina, Ulrich Leth and Helmut Lemmerer  Chapter 5 Safety, risk and road traffic danger: towards a transformational approach to the dominant ideology John Whitelegg Chapter 6 What constructs a Cycle City? A comparison of policy narratives in Newcastle and Bremen Katja Leyendecker Chapter 7 Hard Work in Paradise. The contested making of Amsterdam as a cycling city  Fred Feddes, Marjolein de Lange \u0026amp; Marco te Brömmelstroet Chapter 8 Conflictual Politics of Sustainability: cycling organisations and the Öresund crossing  Martin Emanuel Chapter 9 Vélomobility in Copenhagen – a perfect world? Malene Freudendal-Pedersen Chapter 10 Navigating cycling infrastructure in Sofia, Bulgaria Anna Plyushteva and Andrew Barnfield Chapter 11 Cycling advocacy in São Paulo: influence and effects in politics Letícia Lindenberg Lemos Conclusions Till Koglin and Peter Cox","brand":"Policy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408514031959,"sku":"9781447345152","price":75.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447345152.jpg?v=1730503168","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-cycling-infrastructure-9781447345152","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}