A U-Turn to the Future: Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850 by Martin Emanuel

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From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a "usable past," the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.

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Martin Emanuel is a historian of technology affiliated with the Department of Economic History, Uppsala University with a profile on mobility, urban, and tourism history. He is the author of Trafikslag på undantag: Cykeltrafiken i Stockholm 1930–1980 [Excluded through Planning: Bicycle Traffic in Stockholm 1930–1980] (2012) and co-author of Cycling Cities: The European Experience (2016).

Table of Contents

IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Historicizing Sustainable Urban MobilityFrank Schipper, Martin Emanuel, and Ruth OldenzielSECTION I: SELLING UNSUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITYChapter 1. Designing (Un)Sustainable Urban Mobility from Transnational Settings, 1850–PresentRuth Oldenziel, M. Luísa Sousa, and Pieter van WesemaelChapter 2. History as Motordom's Tool of Agenda Legitimation: Twentieth-Century U.S. Urban Mobility TrajectoriesPeter NortonChapter 3. Railway Modernism Losing Out: Lessons from an English Conurbation, 1955–1975Colin DivallSECTION II: RECOVERING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITIES OF THE PASTChapter 4. Pedestrian Stories: Recovering Sustainable Urban MobilityColin PooleyChapter 5. Load Story: A Century of Pedestrian Logistics in ToulouseFranck Cochoy, Roland Canu, and Cédric CalvignacChapter 6. Recovering Sustainable Mobility Practices: A Visual History of Turku's Streetscape 1950–1980Tiina Männistö-FunkSECTION III: PERSISTENCE AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITIESChapter 7. State Socialism and Sustainable Urban Mobility: Alternative Paths in St Petersburg since the 1880sAlexandra Bekasova, Julia Kulikova, and Martin EmanuelChapter 8. Liveable Streets and Hidden Unsustainability: The Biography of a Street in StockholmMartin EmanuelChapter 9. Green Urban Spaces and Sustainable Mobility: Parks as Pockets of Persistence since the 1830sFrank SchipperSECTION IV: RESEARCH AGENDAS FOR THE FUTUREChapter 10. Mobility Justice and the Velomobile Commons in Urban AmericaMimi ShellerChapter 11. Toward a Long-Term Measurement System of Sustainable Urban Mobility Appendix: Sources for Measuring Historical Sustainable Mobility Jan-Pieter Smits and Frank VeraartEpilogue: Reflections from a Policy PerspectiveHans Jeekel and Bert ToussaintIndex

Review

"This is the book I've been waiting to read: an investigation into how our cities came to be as unsustainable as they apparently were in the recent past. It uncovers hidden histories containing important clues for how to make cities more sustainable in the future." • Daniel Gordon, Edge Hill University"The entire book is innovative, accessible, and well-written, with an interdisciplinary approach that combines history, sociology, economics, geography, and a number of other fields." • Keith Laybourn, University of Huddersfield

Review Quote

"This is the book I've been waiting to read: an investigation into how our cities came to be as unsustainable as they apparently were in the recent past. It uncovers hidden histories containing important clues for how to make cities more sustainable in the future." * Daniel Gordon, Edge Hill University "The entire book is innovative, accessible, and well-written, with an interdisciplinary approach that combines history, sociology, economics, geography, and a number of other fields." * Keith Laybourn, University of Huddersfield

Details ISBN1800736509 Short Title A U-Turn to the Future Pages 350 Publisher Berghahn Books Series Explorations in Mobility Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1800736509 ISBN-13 9781800736504 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-01-13 Series Number 4 Imprint Berghahn Books Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-01-13 NZ Release Date 2023-01-13 UK Release Date 2023-01-13 Author Ruth Oldenziel Subtitle Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850 Edited by Ruth Oldenziel DEWEY 388.4 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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