Cyclescapes of the Unequal City : Bicycle Infrastructure and Uneven Developme...
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Cyclescapes of the Unequal City : Bicycle Infrastructure and Uneven Developme.... Cyclescapes of the Unequal City : Bicycle Infrastructure and Uneven Development, Paperback by Stehlin, John G., ISBN 1517903815, ISBN-13 9781517903817, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The author traces the shift in the significance of bicycling from a critique of car-dominated American culture to a means of urban economic competitiveness, environmental politics, and intercity policy circulation, showing how bicycling and other low-carbon, "human-scale" mobilities have become symbols of urban renaissance in the US that magnify differences in race, class, gender, and the division of labor, while also bringing people together. He emphasizes the idea that the material and discursive space of the bicycle, or "cyclescape," is a place of struggle over what cities will become in the 21st century. He draws on research conducted in San Francisco, Detroit, Portland, and Philadelphia between 2011 and 2018 to discuss the intersection between processes of gentrification, the infrastructural bases of urban mobility, and dynamics of neoliberal regional restructuring, and urban restructuring in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Detroit and how it has fueled the growth of an increasingly white and affluent population, as well as planning initiatives that reflect the new urban innovation paradigm to demonstrate the centrality of bicycling to institutions that organize the production of space. He then discusses bicycling as an urban spatial practice and tool to remake the city and the shift in bicycle politics toward increasing involvement in the planning and implementation of physical infrastructure in the city, including bikesharing. Parts of some chapters have been previously published elsewhere. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
