Assembling Bus Rapid Transit In The Global South

Author : Malve Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000221268

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Assembling Bus Rapid Transit in the Global South by Malve Jacobsen Pdf

This book explores the mobile ethnography of Dar es Salaam, where consultants and politicians have planned and implemented a bus rapid transit (BRT) system for two decades. It analyses the dual processes of assembling BRT in the Tanzanian metropolis and establishing BRT as a policy model of and for the Global South. The book elucidates how policy models are constructed and circulated around the globe and depicts the processes by which they are translated between, and materialise within, specific contexts. It presents the case of BRT to demonstrate how technocrats shape these processes through persuasive work aimed at disseminating and stabilising this transport model, and how local actors influence its adaptation in Dar es Salaam. The book adopts a ‘double mobility’ approach to show how this ethnography follows travelling consultants, circulating policies and moving buses to explore the fluidity of the BRT model. Linking key debates in policy mobility studies and Science and Technology Studies, enriched with postcolonial perspectives and geographies of transport and infrastructure, it offers new insights into the technopolitics of planning and implementing infrastructure systems. This book will appeal to academics and students of human geography, transport studies, science and technology studies, and African and development studies interested in the technopolitics of transport planning.

Author : Tobias Kuttler,Massimo Moraglio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000289503

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Re-thinking Mobility Poverty by Tobias Kuttler,Massimo Moraglio Pdf

This book seeks to better conceptualise and define mobility poverty, addressing both its geographies and socio-economic landscapes. It moves beyond the analysis of ‘transport poverty’ and innovatively explores mobility inequalities and social construction of mobility disadvantages. The debate on mobility poverty is gaining momentum due to its role in triggering social exclusion and economic deprivation. In this light, this book examines the social construction of mobility poverty by delving into mobility patterns and needs as they are differently experienced by social groups in different geographical situations. It considers factors such as the role of transport regimes and their social value when analysing the social construction of individual ́s mobility needs. Furthermore, the gaps between articulated and unarticulated needs are identified by observing actual travel patterns of individuals. The book offers a comparison of the global phenomenon through fieldwork conducted in six different European countries – Greece, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania and Germany. This book will be useful reading for planners, sociologists, geographers, mobility/transport researchers, mobility advocates, policy-makers and transport practitioners. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367333317, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Author : Tom Baker,Christopher Walker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781788119153

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Public Policy Circulation by Tom Baker,Christopher Walker Pdf

Policy-making is more globally connected than ever before. Policy ideas, experiences and expertise circulate with great speed and over great distances. But who is involved in moving policy, how do they do it, and through which arenas? This book examines the work involved in policy circulation. As the first genuinely interdisciplinary collection on policy circulation, the book showcases theoretical approaches from across the social sciences—including policy diffusion, transfer and mobility—and offers empirical perspectives from across the world.

Author : Munoz, Juan Carlos,Paget-Seekins, Laurel
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781447326182

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Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit by Munoz, Juan Carlos,Paget-Seekins, Laurel Pdf

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is commonly discussed as an affordable way for cities to build sustainable rapid transport infrastructure. This book is the first to offer an in-depth analysis of BRT, examining the opportunities it presents along with the significant challenges cities face in its implementation. A wide range of contributors from both developed and developing countries bring expertise in fields ranging from engineering, planning and public policy to economics and urban design to provide a big picture assessment of BRT as part of a process for restructuring transit systems. Academically rigorous, based on five years of research conducted by the BRT Centre of Excellence in Chile, the book is written in an accessible style making it a valuable resource for academic researchers and postgraduate students as well as policy makers and practitioners.

Author : Astrid Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119794271

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How Cities Learn by Astrid Wood Pdf

How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners

Author : Verna Nel,Stuart Denoon-Stevens
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000983715

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Land-Use Management to Support Sustainable Settlements in South Africa by Verna Nel,Stuart Denoon-Stevens Pdf

This book provides a theoretical and practical foundation needed to change the practice of land use management in Southern Africa. It presents an overview of alternative land use management system for South African municipalities that is economically, socially and environmentally more sustainable than many of the land use schemes in effect at present. Land use management is a component of spatial governance that controls the nature and extent of development to prevent harmful impacts on people and the environment. As the current system with its colonial/modernist planning and regulatory mechanisms were never designed to deal with rapid change, urbanisation and informality, a different form of land development and land use management is necessary. This timely book reflects the culmination of many years of practical experience and research into various aspects of land use management by the authors and studies undertaken by their master’s and doctoral students. The book goes beyond an analysis of the problems and suggests concrete proposals that can be applied throughout Southern Africa based on a rural to urban transect. This book is directed to a broad range of readers interested in spatial planning and land use management. It will be of interest to those in the fields of geography, urban studies, urban design, planning and architecture.

Author : Hernández García, Jaime,Cárdenas-O´Byrne, Sabina,García Jerez, Adolfo,BB Beza
Publisher : Sello Editorial Javeriano Cali
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789585453395

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Urban Space: experiences and Reflections from the Global South by Hernández García, Jaime,Cárdenas-O´Byrne, Sabina,García Jerez, Adolfo,BB Beza Pdf

The structuring of Urban Space is as topical as ever in this era of climate change, hyper-urbanisation, post-digital labour markets, and geo-political power shifts. Scholarship of the contemporary urban condition is dominated by studies and examples drawn from the global north. Yet, cities of the global south are distinctive from those of the global north. Socio-political conditions structure patterns and practices of urban reproduction and, in turn, Urban Space reflects conditions in the Global South. Th­e result is different space related outcomes. Th­is is the central topic of this collection. In this book, a unique collection of case study-based accounts posits both English and Spanish academic literature to interpret and reinterpret the appropriation, negotiation and reconfiguration of Urban Space in cities, from Colombia to Namibia. ­This collection will be of particular interest to urban scholars and others interested in contemporary urban change, especially those with an interest in the Global South. Readers will encounter new perspectives on the State’s enduring influence in urban land and territory reconfiguration and the contrasting wider rhetoric that affords and legitimises a key role for the private sector. Th­e case studies also illuminate opportunities and possibilities for grassroots organising to challenge prevailing city actor hierarchies. ­They also highlight the political-economic consequences of particular cases of bus rapid transport projects for spatial and social segregation. Across these and other topics, recurring themes of inequality, governance, and environment are investigated in contested urban terrains. Th­e result is a unique collection of viewpoints, with a common, critical narrative on the present and future challenges facing cities of the Global South.

Author : Harriet Bulkeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135130114

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Cities and Climate Change by Harriet Bulkeley Pdf

Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges facing the world today. It is also a critical issue for the world’s cities. Now home to over half the world’s population, urban areas are significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions and are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Responding to climate change is a profound challenge. A variety of actors are involved in urban climate governance, with municipal governments, international organisations, and funding bodies pointing to cities as key arenas for response. This book provides the first critical introduction to these challenges, giving an overview of the science and policy of climate change at the global level and the emergence of climate change as an urban policy issue. It considers the challenges of governing climate change in the city in the context of the changing nature of urban politics, economics, society and infrastructures. It looks at how responses for mitigation and adaptation have emerged within the city, and the implications of climate change for social and environmental justice. Drawing on examples from cities in the north and south, and richly illustrated with detailed case-studies, this book will enable students to understand the potential and limits of addressing climate change at the urban level and to explore the consequences for our future cities. It will be essential reading for undergraduate students across the disciplines of geography, politics, sociology, urban studies, planning and science and technology studies.

Author : Faranak Miraftab,Neema Kudva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317636793

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Cities of the Global South Reader by Faranak Miraftab,Neema Kudva Pdf

The Cities of the Global South Reader adopts a fresh and critical approach to the fi eld of urbanization in the developing world. The Reader incorporates both early and emerging debates about the diverse trajectories of urbanization processes in the context of the restructured global alignments in the last three decades. Emphasizing the historical legacies of colonialism, the Reader recognizes the entanglement of conditions and concepts often understood in binary relations: first/third worlds, wealth/poverty, development/underdevelopment, and inclusion/exclusion. By asking: “whose city? whose development?” the Reader rigorously highlights the fractures along lines of class, race, gender, and other socially and spatially constructed hierarchies in global South cities. The Reader’s thematic structure, where editorial introductions accompany selected texts, examines the issues and concerns that urban dwellers, planners, and policy makers face in the contemporary world. These include the urban economy, housing, basic services, infrastructure, the role of non-state civil society-based actors, planned interventions and contestations, the role of diaspora capital, the looming problem of adapting to climate change, and the increasing spectre of violence in a post 9/11 transnational world. The Cities of the Global South Reader pulls together a diverse set of readings from scholars across the world, some of which have been written specially for the volume, to provide an essential resource for a broad interdisciplinary readership at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in urban geography, urban sociology, and urban planning as well as disciplines related to international and development studies. Editorial commentaries that introduce the central issues for each theme summarize the state of the field and outline an associated bibliography. They will be of particular value for lecturers, students, and researchers, making the Cities of the Global South Reader a key text for those interested in understanding contemporary urbanization processes.

Author : Astrid Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119794301

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How Cities Learn by Astrid Wood Pdf

How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners

Author : Deden Rukmana
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000062038

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The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South by Deden Rukmana Pdf

Cities are now home to 55% of the world’s population, and that number is rising. Urban populations across the world will continue to grow, including in megacities with populations over ten million. In 2016 there were 31 megacities globally, according to the United Nations’ World Cities Report, with 24 of those cities located in the Global South. That number is expected to rise to 41 by 2030, with all ten new megacities in the Global South where the processes of urbanization are intrinsically distinct from those in the Global North. The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South provides rigorous comparative analyses, discussing the challenges, processes, best practices, and initiatives of urbanization in Middle America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. This book is indispensable reading for students and scholars of urban planning, and its significance as a resource will only continue to grow as urbanization reshapes the global population.

Author : Ian Palmer,Nishendra Moodley,Susan Parnell
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783609666

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Building a Capable State by Ian Palmer,Nishendra Moodley,Susan Parnell Pdf

The sustainable development goals signed in 2016 marked a new phase in global development thinking, one which is focused on ecologically and fiscally sustainable human settlements. Few countries offer a better testing ground for their attainment than post-apartheid South Africa. Since the coming to power of the African National Congress, the country has undergone a policy making revolution, driven by an urgent need to improve access to services for the country’s black majority. A quarter century on from the fall of apartheid, Building a Capable State asks what lessons can be learned from the South African experience. The book assesses whether the South African government has succeeded in improving service delivery, focusing on the vital sectors of water and sanitation, energy, roads, public transport and housing. Emphasizing the often-overlooked role of local government institutions and finance, the book demonstrates that effective service delivery can have a profound impact on the social structure of emerging economies, and must form an integral part of any future development strategy. A comprehensive examination of urban service delivery in the global South, Building a Capable State is essential reading for students and practitioners across the social sciences, public finance and engineering sectors.

Author : Robert Cervero,Erick Guerra,Stefan Al
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610918343

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Beyond Mobility by Robert Cervero,Erick Guerra,Stefan Al Pdf

"Beyond Mobility" also seeks to rethink how projects are planned and designed in cities and suburbs at multiple geographic scales, from micro-designs such as parklets to corridors and city-regions. The book closes with a reflection on the opportunities and challenges in moving beyond mobility, with attention to emerging technologies such as self-driving cars and ride-hailing services and social equity topics such as accessibility, livability, and affordability.

Author : Fiona Ferbrache
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781788110914

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Developing Bus Rapid Transit by Fiona Ferbrache Pdf

Author : Alan Cannell
Publisher : Tas Publications & Events
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Bus rapid transit
ISBN : 1898758026

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Bus Rapid Transit in Latin America by Alan Cannell Pdf

Bus-based rapid transit systems have been steadily developing in LatinAmerica since 1974, but it is only in the last few years that the ideas theirmanagers and politicians have pursued have struck a chord elsewhere inthe world. Offering fast and efficient transport, and capable of incremental development, the systems have the advantage of low capital cost - and, crucially, a decision-making and construction prcoess which fits within the electoral cycle. Clearly, bus rapid transit systems have much to offer.So how do they work? How did they come to be developed and what sortof capacities do they offer? These are some of the questions which AlanCannell's new book on the Latin American systems seeks to answer.Extensively illustrated with over 70 photographs plus 46 maps and diagrams, the book looks at nine different systems and proposal