Jason Henderson, Natalie Marie Gulsrud

Street Fights in Copenhagen

Bicycle and Car Politics in a Green Mobility City

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Produktbeschreibung

With twenty-nine percent of all trips made by bicycle, Copenhagen is considered a model of green transport. This book considers the underlying political conditions that enabled cycling to appeal to such a wide range of citizens of Copenhagen and asks how this can be replicated elsewhere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781138317536
• ISBN-10: 1138317535
• Artikelnr.: 57040658

Autorenporträt

Jason Henderson is Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at San Francisco State University, USA. Natalie Marie Gulsrud is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why Copenhagen 1. Copenhagen: Bicycle City 2. A Short History
of Cycling and Car Politics in Copenhagen 3. "Something is Rotten in the
State of Denmark!" The Plateauing of Cycling and the Rise in Car Ownership
in Copenhagen 4. The Politics of Mobility in Copenhagen 5. How Many Cars in
the City? The Copenhagen Toll Ring Debate 6. Cycling Policy is Parking
Policy: The Politics of Car Parking in Copenhagen 7. From the Harbor Tunnel
to the Metro Ring, What Kind of City? Conclusion: Towards a Politics of
Hope and the Green Mobility City