Cycling Pathways The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020
In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, historians have only begun to uncover how and why the Netherlands became the premier cycling country of the world. Why were Dutch cyclists so successful in th...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
[2021]
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Studies in History, Technology and Society ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009640138306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- Part I. Roots : How Commuter and Recreational Cycling Became a Dutch Public Good, 1880s-1940s
- 1. Citizen Power: from Bourgeois Clubs to Governance Groundbreakers
- 2. A Contested Compromise: National Government Supports Commuter Cycling
- Conclusion Part I
- Part II. Divergence : How Dutch Cycling Policy and Practice Persevered, 1950s-1970s
- 3. A Right to Recreation: Provincial Policymakers Design Cycling Networks
- 4. Popular or Outdated? National Policymakers' Ambivalence about Bicycles
- 5. An Accident of History: How Mopeds Boosted Dutch Cycling Infrastructure
- Conclusion Part II
- Part III. Dutch Model: How Urban Cycling Became a National Political Demand after 1970
- 6. Citizen Expertise: Urban Activism Shapes Local Cycling Policy in the 1970s
- 7. Catching Up: The State Acknowledges Urban Cycling as Public Good , 1975-1990
- 8. Self-Evident: Mainstreaming Cycling Policy and Practice since 1990
- Conclusion Part III
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Bibliography
- Index
