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Mumbai on two wheels : cycling, urban space, and sustainable mobility / Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Global South AsiaPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2024]Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:
  • 9780295752716
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: 9780295752709 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 307.121609544 23/eng/20240119
LOC classification:
  • HT169.I52
Online resources: Summary: Cyclists from India reimagine transportation infrastructure for all Mumbai is not commonly seen as a bike-friendly city because of its dense traffic and the absence of bicycle lanes. Yet the city supports rapidly expanding and eclectic bicycle communities. Exploring how people bike and what biking means in the city, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria challenges assumptions that underlie sustainable transportation planning. Arguing that planning professionals and advocates need to pay closer attention to ordinary people who cycle for transportation or for work, or who choose to cycle for recreation, Mumbai on Two Wheels offers an alternative to the thinking that dominates mainstream sustainable transportation discussions. The book's insights come from bicycle activists, commuters, food delivery workers, event organizers, planners, technicians, shop owners, and architects. Through ethnographic vignettes and descriptions of diverse biking experiences, it shows how pedaling through the city produces a way of seeing and understanding infrastructure. Readers will come away with a new perspective on what makes a city bicycle friendly and an awareness that lessons for a more equitable and sustainable urban future can be found in surprising placesSummary: "Mumbai on Two Wheels shows how pedaling through the city produces embodied and expert knowledge that should be considered when imagining sustainable transportation. Readers will come away with a new perspective on what makes and breaks a bike city, and an awareness that lessons for a more equitable and sustainable urban future can be found in surprising places"--PPN: PPN: 1916213111Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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