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A U-turn to the Future: Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a “usable past,” the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.
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- Harvard, Jonas, 1971-, et al.
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Asymmetries of Transnational Telegraphy, 1855–1939 : Ideas, Materiality and the Use of the Telegram
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Ingår i: Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung. - Leipzig : Leipziger Universitätsverlag. - 0940-3566. ; :6, s. 7-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Asymmetrie ist ein zentrales Konzept für das Verständnis der Rolle, die der Telegraph in der Ge- schichte der Globalisierung gespielt hat. Dieser Beitrag zeigt diese asymmetrische Entwicklung des globalen Telegraphennetzwerks und setzt sich mit einer allzu systemorientierten Sicht und einer weithin unkritischen Charakterisierung des Telegraphen als Motor der Globalisierung aus- einander. Zwei Trends in der aktuellen Geschichtsschreibung sind dafür besonders ermutigend: Einerseits haben verschiedene Forscher begonnen, den scheinbar revolutionären Charakter des Telegraphen kritischer zu beurteilen, indem sie mehr Aufmerksamkeit auf die technologische Entwicklung vor dem Telegraphen und auf Kommunikationsstrategien, die parallel zu ihm ent- wickelt wurden, gelegt haben. Andererseits haben Untersuchungen des Telegraphen im im- perialen Kontext die wechselseitige Abhängigkeit der imperialen Mächte unterstrichen und dabei Konflikte um die Ausweitung des Telegraphennetzwerkes in den Blick genommen. Die Einleitung zu diesem Themenheft schließt damit, dass sie Ideen, Materialität und Gebrauch als drei Perspektiven identifiziert, unter denen die Untersuchung der inhärenten Asymmetrien des globalen Telegraphennetzwerkes besonders fruchtbar erscheint.
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- Schipper, Frank, et al.
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Sustainable Urban Mobility in the Present, Past, and Future
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Ingår i: Technology and culture. - : JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS. - 0040-165X .- 1097-3729. ; 61:1, s. 307-317
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Making urban mobility more sustainable is a grand challenge, yet urban environments are beacons of hope in delivering this result: authorities are active partners in the mobility transition, and dense cities provide favorable boundary conditions for delivering more sustainable outcomes. A U-turn to the past may present the right recipe for such a mobility transition to take place by making the past "usable." First, this entails understanding how our currently unsustainable urban mobility has been advocated and how alternative urban mobilities have been decentered. Second, it necessitates unearthing forgotten past practices of sustainable urban mobilities, which can serve as sources of inspiration for today's challenges. Third, it warrants the analysis of "pockets of persistence," immaterial and material remnants of the past that provide welcome opportunities to ease the transition toward more sustainable urban mobility.
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- Schipper, Frank, et al.
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The History of the European Travel Commission 1948-2018
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Bok (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- In 1945, when Europe emerged from the most devastating war the world has ever seen, a host of visionary tourism experts in Europe and the US realised tourism’s potential contribution to the reconstruction of the continent. The West European National Tourist Organisations created the European Travel Commission in 1948 to advocate the importance of tourism for prosperity and peace. More concretely, as one of several new organisations involved in post-war European reconstruction, the ETC produced new knowledge about European tourism, promoted travel to the continent from other parts of the world, and fought red tape wherever it saw impediments to travellers’ mobility and tourism development. Seventy years down the road, the ETC remains as relevant as ever. For 70 years, the ETC has been a key institution in European tourism, sharing knowledge, coordinating efforts across borders, and connecting government and industry stakeholders. This book is thus about an organisation that has played, and continues to play, a crucial role in shaping contemporary European tourism.
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