{"product_id":"understanding-urban-cycling-justin-spinney-9780367567736","title":"Understanding Urban Cycling: Exploring the Relationship Between Mobility, Sustainability and Capital","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcademic interest in cycling has burgeoned in recent years with significant literature relating to the health and environmental benefits of cycling, the necessity for cycle-specific infrastructure, and the embodied experiences of cycling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased upon primary research in a variety of contexts such as London, Shanghai and Taipei, this book demonstrates that recent developments in urban cycling policy and practice are closely linked to broader processes of capital accumulation. It argues that cycling is increasingly caught up in discourses around smart cities that emphasise technological solutions to environmental problems and neoliberal ideas on individual responsibility and bio-political conduct, which only results in solutions that prioritise those who are already mobile. Accordingly, the central argument of the book is not that the popularisation of cycling is inherently bad, but that the manner in which cycling is being popularised gives cause for social and environmental concern. Ultimately the book argues that cycling has now become a vehicle for sustaining pro-growth agendas rather than subverting them or shifting to sustainable no-growth\/de-growth and less technologically driven visions of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book makes an innovative contribution to the fields of Cycling Studies, Mobilities and Transport and will be of interest to students and academics working in Human Geography, Transport Studies, Urban Studies, Urban Planning, Public Policy, Sociology and Sustainability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin Spinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367567733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367567736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Justin Spinney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057229852927,"sku":"9780367567736","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd8cf5f1-4e51-41b6-9159-d8feb6f59e45.jpg?v=1685045778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-urban-cycling-justin-spinney-9780367567736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}