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Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco
Jason Henderson
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Description for Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Faced with intolerable congestion and noxious pollution, cities around the world are rethinking their reliance on automobiles. In the United States a loosely organised livability movement seeks to reduce car use by reconfiguring urban space into denser, transit-oriented, walkable forms, a development pattern also associated with smart growth and new urbanism. Through a detailed case study of San Francisco, Jason Henderson examines how this is not just a struggle over what type of transportation is best for the city, but a series of ideologically charged political fights over issues of street space, public policy, and social justice.
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Faced with intolerable congestion and noxious pollution, cities around the world are rethinking their reliance on automobiles. In the United States a loosely organised livability movement seeks to reduce car use by reconfiguring urban space into denser, transit-oriented, walkable forms, a development pattern also associated with smart growth and new urbanism. Through a detailed case study of San Francisco, Jason Henderson examines how this is not just a struggle over what type of transportation is best for the city, but a series of ideologically charged political fights over issues of street space, public policy, and social justice.
Historically ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558499997
SKU
V9781558499997
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About Jason Henderson
Jason Henderson is associate professor of geography at San Francisco State University, USA.
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