{"product_id":"bicycle-utopias-cosmin-popan-9781138389182","title":"Bicycle Utopias: Imagining Fast and Slow Cycling Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBicycle Utopias\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the future of urban mobilities and post-car societies, arguing that the bicycle can become the nexus around which most human movement will revolve. Drawing on literature on post-car futures (Urry 2007; Dennis and Urry 2009), transition theory (Geels et al. 2012) and utopian studies (Levitas 2010, 2013), this book imagines a slow bicycle system as a necessary means to achieving more sustainable mobility futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe imagination of a slow bicycle system is done in three ways: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eScenario building to anticipate how cycling mobilities will look in the year 2050.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eA critique of the system of automobility and of fast cycling futures.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn investigation of the cycling senses and sociabilities to describe the type of societies that such a slow bicycle system will enable. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBicycle Utopias will appeal to students and scholars in fields such as sociology, mobilities studies, human geography and urban and transport studies. This work may also be of interest to advocates, activists and professionals in the domains of cycling and sustainable mobilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosmin Popan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138389188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138389182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosmin Popan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44169739501823,"sku":"9781138389182","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89679610-9fe2-4345-9acc-0794c5e8db77.jpg?v=1689654640","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bicycle-utopias-cosmin-popan-9781138389182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}