Automobile Politics

This book PDF is perfect for those who love Political Science genre, written by Matthew Paterson and published by Unknown which was released on 19 July 2007 with total hardcover pages 292. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Automobile Politics books below.

Automobile Politics
Author : Matthew Paterson
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Publisher : Unknown
Language : English
Release Date : 19 July 2007
ISBN : UOM:39076002669419
Pages : 292 pages
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Examines the role of the car in contemporary society and its contribution to environmental problems.

Automobile Politics

Examines the role of the car in contemporary society and its contribution to environmental problems.

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Automobile Politics

Examines the role of the car in contemporary society and its contribution to environmental problems.

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Driving Forces

To its critics, the automobile is a voracious consumer of irreplaceable energy resources, a leading polluter of the environment, and a destroyer of cohesive communities. The most outspoken opponents call for greater regulations and restrictions to ultimately replace the automobile as the country's primary means of transportation. But their proposals

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The Urban Political Economy and Ecology of Automobility

Just how resilient are our urban societies to social, energy, environmental and/or financial shocks, and how does this vary among cities and nations? Can our cities be made more sustainable, and can environmental, economic and social collapse be staved off through changes in urban form and travel behaviour? How

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Inside China s Automobile Factories

In Inside China's Automobile Factories, Lu Zhang explores the current conditions, subjectivity, and collective actions of autoworkers in the world's largest and fastest-growing automobile manufacturing nation. Based on years of fieldwork and extensive interviews conducted at seven large auto factories in various regions of China, Zhang provides an inside look

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The Enigma of Automobility

Rajan investigates air pollution policy as one based on how to make cars less polluting. Putting the onus on auto manufacturers and owners has generated an elaborate scheme of emissions testing and pollution-control devices, and does not look at the technology itself as the heart of the problem. Rajan focuses

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Driving Forces

This book presents the controversial view that, for the vast majority of Americans, the automobile is not the problem, but the solution to transportation needs. The book offers suggestions and guidelines for politically realistic initiatives that preserve the benefits of the automobile while building public support for policies that will

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Installing Automobility

An examination of the process of prioritizing private motorized transportation in Bengaluru, a rapidly growing megacity of the Global South. Automobiles and their associated infrastructures, deeply embedded in Western cities, have become a rapidly growing presence in the mega-cities of the Global South. Streets once crowded with pedestrians, pushcarts, vendors,

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