Jennie Middleton

The Walkable City

Dimensions of Walking and Overlapping Walks of Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores everyday walking in contemporary urban life. It brings together important theoretical and empirical insights to understand how the 'walkability' of urban spaces can be imagined, planned for, and experienced.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9781138697713
• ISBN-10: 1138697710
• Artikelnr.: 60020547

Autorenporträt

Jennie Middleton is Associate Professor in Human Geography in the Transport Studies Unit and the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. She is a human geographer with interests in everyday mobilities, care in the city, and innovative methodologies for urban research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing the 'Walkable City' 2. Pedestrian Infrastructures 3. Walking
as Social Differentiation 4. Walking Rhythms and the Politics of Time 5.
Pedestrian Politics of (Non) Encounters 6. Walking Bodies, Emotional
Geographies, and Mobile Methods 7. Stepping Forwards: Some Concluding
Thoughts

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1. Introducing the 'Walkable City' 2. Pedestrian Infrastructures 3. Walking as Social Differentiation 4. Walking Rhythms and the Politics of Time 5. Pedestrian Politics of (Non) Encounters 6. Walking Bodies, Emotional Geographies, and Mobile Methods 7. Stepping Forwards: Some Concluding Thoughts

Rezensionen

"Middleton examines walking as a lived, embodied, and relational practice. She argues that too often, walkability is reduced to technical metrics, and urges us to consider how walking feels, and how it intersects with gender, age, ability, and emotion. By emphasizing the diversity of walking experiences, the book reveals how even walkable environments can perpetuate inequality if they overlook the complexities of everyday life."

Jordi Honey-Rosés, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia