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Jason Henderson - Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco - 9781558499997 - V9781558499997
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Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco

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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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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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