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After the Car (Paperback)
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After the Car (Paperback)
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It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is
exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new
book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful
forces around the world are undermining the car system and will
usher in a new transport system sometime in the next few decades.
Specifically, the book examines how several major processes are
shaping the future of how we travel, including: * Global warming
and its many global consequences * Peaking of oil supplies *
Increased digitisation of many aspects of economic and social life
* Massive global population increases The authors look at changes
in technology, policy, economy and society, and make a convincing
argument for a future where, by necessity, the present car system
will be re-designed and re-engineered. Yet the book also suggests
that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first
century. The authors lay out what they consider to be possible
'post-car' future scenarios. These they describe as 'local
sustainability', 'regional warlordism' and 'digital networks of
control'. After The Car will be of great interest to planners,
policy makers, social scientists, futurologists, those working in
industry, as well as general readers. Some have described the 20th
Century as the century of the car. Now that century has come to a
close - and things are about to change.
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