Geographies of Transport and Mobility: Prospect, Barr, Prillwitz, Ryley, Sha..

Taylor & Francis

Geographies of Transport and MobilityProspects and Challenges in an Age of Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Stewart Barr, Jan Prillwitz, Tim Ryley, Gareth Shaw\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781409447030, 978-1409447030\nSynopsis\nGeographies of Transport and Mobility aims to provide a comprehensive and evidenced account of the intellectual and pragmatic challenges for personal mobility in the twenty-first century. In doing so, it argues that geographers have a key role to play in shaping academic and policy debates on how personal mobility can become more sustainable. \n\nThe book is structured in three parts. Part I explores how personal mobility has evolved since the mid-nineteenth century, plotting the intricate relationship between new forms of mobile technology, urban planning and design and social practices. Part II examines how researchers study transport and mobility, and outlines the different intellectual tra.