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Cycling and Sustainability.
Title:
Cycling and Sustainability.
Author:
Parkin, John.
ISBN:
9781780522999
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (344 pages)
Series:
Transport and Sustainability, 1 ; v.1

Transport and Sustainability, 1
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- CYCLING AND SUSTAINABILITY -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- CYCLING AND SOCIETY -- CYCLING AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- CYCLING AND THE ECONOMY -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- INTRODUCTION TO THE CHAPTERS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 CYCLING CULTURES IN NORTHERN EUROPE: FROM 'GOLDEN AGE' TO 'RENAISSANCE' -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: GOLDEN AGE OF CYCLING -- PART II: THE RENAISSANCE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 WOMEN CYCLING THROUGH THE LIFE COURSE: AN AUSTRALIAN CASE STUDY -- INTRODUCTION -- MOBILITY -- WOMEN RETURNING TO CYCLING -- 'LIFE COURSES' -- CYCLING SPACES AND AFFECT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 THE ROLE OF ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM -- INTRODUCTION -- CYCLING ADVOCACY AND POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: A BRIEF HISTORY -- CYCLING ADVOCACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TODAY -- UK CYCLING ADVOCACY IN GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT -- THE FUTURE FOR CYCLING ADVOCACY -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 CYCLING, URBAN FORM AND CITIES: WHAT DO WE KNOW AND HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND? -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERALLY ACCEPTED UNDERSTANDINGS CONCERNING CITIES, URBAN FORM AND CYCLING -- ISSUES WHICH REMAIN UNKNOWN FOR CITIES, URBAN FORM AND CYCLING -- PRESCRIPTIONS, UNTAPPED POTENTIAL AND CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE INQUIRY -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 NETWORK PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN -- INTRODUCTION -- PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN -- THE QUESTION OF RISK -- NETWORKS FOR CYCLE TRAFFIC -- THE PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 EVOLUTION OF URBAN BICYCLE TRANSPORT POLICY IN CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- MOTORIZATION AND CONFLICTS WITH BICYCLES -- BICYCLE USE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT -- TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC BICYCLES IN HANGZHOU -- DEVELOPMENTS IN BEIJING.

TRANSPORT POLICY IN SHANGHAI -- ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLES (E-BIKES) -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 CYCLING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CONTEXT, CHALLENGES AND POLICY RELEVANT RESEARCH -- INTRODUCTION -- INDIA: KEEPING CYCLING SHARE AMIDST FAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- CASE STUDY INDIA: MAPPING BICYCLE ACCESSIBILITY IN PUNE -- LATIN AMERICA: PROMOTING CYCLING AS A KEY UTILITARIAN MODE -- CASE STUDY COLOMBIA: CLIMATE VALUE OF CYCLING IN BOGOTÁ -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: REALISING POTENTIAL -- CASE STUDY TANZANIA: BICYCLE NETWORK PLANNING IN DAR-ES-SALAAM -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING BICYCLE USE - INSIGHTS FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RELEVANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY -- THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR -- EXTENDING THE BELIEF BASE OF ATTITUDES -- THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN -- THE ROLE OF VALUES -- EXTENDING THE BELIEF BASE OF PBC -- RECONSIDERING THE ROLE OF SUBJECTIVE NORM -- CYCLING AS A PRO-SOCIAL, MORAL BEHAVIOUR -- THE ROLE OF HABIT IN TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR -- MODELLING THE DECISION TO CYCLE WITHIN AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE TPB -- PROMOTING BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE -- GENERAL CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 THE BENEFITS OF CYCLING: VIEWING CYCLISTS AS TRAVELLERS RATHER THAN NON-MOTORISTS -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPMENTS AND DETERMINANTS OF CYCLING IN STOCKHOLM -- CYCLING APPRAISAL -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 PRIVATE INTERVENTIONS IN A PUBLIC SERVICE: AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC BICYCLE SCHEMES -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC BICYCLE SCHEME ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES -- PUBLIC BICYCLE SCHEME MARKETS -- MODELS OF GOVERNANCE WORLDWIDE -- BUILDING A PUBLIC BICYCLE SCHEME POLICY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A REVOLUTION IN CYCLING -- INTRODUCTION -- UNDERSTANDING CYCLING'S CURRENT MARGINALITY -- PATTERNS OF PARTIAL CYCLING.

RECENT CHANGES TO CYCLING'S STATUS -- ELABORATING A BICYCLE SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- SUBJECT INDEX.
Abstract:
The book explores reasons for difficulties in making cycling mainstream in many cultures, despite it being one of the most sustainable forms of transport. With contributions from the developed and developing world, the lessons learned here are placed in a socio-political context with a call for required action to create a revolution in cycle use.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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