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KlappentextThis book presents a thorough discussion of utility cycling, cycling in the urban environment, and everyday mobility. It is based on large survey answered by 14,000 participants in the bike to work action in Switzerland, and quantifies the various dimensions of utility cycling.
It proposes an innovative theoretical framework to analyse and understand the various dimensions of the uses of bikes and their diversity. It addresses the factors that motivate commuters to get on their bike, and highlights the barriers to this practice between deficient infrastructures and lack of legitimacy. This research makes a diagnosis and discusses the way to develop this sustainable mode of transportation.
By combining quantitative results in the form of tables, figures, and maps, and including qualitative results in the form of quotations from survey participants, this book provides a thorough and enjoyable read. It will be of interest to researchers, policy makers, advanced students in the field of urban planning, social sciences, and transportation.
Professor Patrick Rérat gained his PhD in 2009 from University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). He then worked in a number of academic positions, before becoming a full professor in the Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the University of Lausanne in 2014. He is also the co-director of the Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities, launched in 2020. He is the editor of the journal 'Géo-Regards and of the book series 'Espaces Mobilités Sociétés'. His research interests include residential mobility and internal migration, everyday mobility, sustainable spatial development and urban changes, such as gentrification.
It proposes an innovative theoretical framework to analyse and understand the various dimensions of the uses of bikes and their diversity. It addresses the factors that motivate commuters to get on their bike, and highlights the barriers to this practice between deficient infrastructures and lack of legitimacy. This research makes a diagnosis and discusses the way to develop this sustainable mode of transportation.
By combining quantitative results in the form of tables, figures, and maps, and including qualitative results in the form of quotations from survey participants, this book provides a thorough and enjoyable read. It will be of interest to researchers, policy makers, advanced students in the field of urban planning, social sciences, and transportation.
Professor Patrick Rérat gained his PhD in 2009 from University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). He then worked in a number of academic positions, before becoming a full professor in the Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the University of Lausanne in 2014. He is also the co-director of the Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities, launched in 2020. He is the editor of the journal 'Géo-Regards and of the book series 'Espaces Mobilités Sociétés'. His research interests include residential mobility and internal migration, everyday mobility, sustainable spatial development and urban changes, such as gentrification.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9783030622565
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatPDF
Format Hinweis1 - PDF Watermark
FormatE107
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum07.12.2020
Auflage1st ed. 2021
Seiten128 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXVI, 128 p. 22 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.5506253
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Genre9200