Movement = how to take back our streets and transform our lives /
Thalia Verkade and Marco te Brommelstroet, translated by Fiona Graham.
- 1 online resource (234 p.) 20cm
- Movement .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 The Streets Belong to All of Us -- 2 Caution -- Children at Play -- 3 The Story That's Never Told -- 4 On Automatic Pilot -- 5 Public Space as if People Mattered -- What's the Next Step? -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Glossary
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health - and the planet's. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach the biggest urban problem, reflecting on the apparent successes of Dutch cities. Making our communities safer, cleaner, and greener starts with asking the fundamental question- who do our streets belong to? Although there have been experiments in decreasing traffic in city centres, and an increase in bike-friendly infrastructure, there is still a long way to go. In this enlightening and provocative book, Thalia Verkade and Marco te Brommelstroet confront their own underlying beliefs and challenge us to rethink our ideas about transport to put people at the centre of urban design.
Winner, Brusseprijs for Best Journalistic Book of the Year, 2021.
9781922586384 1922586382
9781922586384 Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
GBC2B4201 bnb
020638194 Uk
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