Individuals, consumer groups, nation states and supra-national bodies increasingly have interrogated the ethics of particular production and consumption relations such as GM foods. Flowing from and bound up with these political concerns is the growing interest in the mutual dependence of sites of (for example) production, distribution, retailing, design, advertising, marketing and final consumption. This timely volume draws together contributions concerned with the production, circulation and consumption of commodities. Not only do these case study examples seek to transcend older understandings of production and consumption, but they also explicitly tap into wider public debate about the meanings, origins and biographies of commodities. Taking a geographical approach to the analysis of links between producers and consumers, the book focuses upon the ways in which these ties increasingly are stretched across spaces and places. Critical engagements with the ways in which these spaces and places affect the economies, cultures and politics of the connections between producers and consumers are skilfully threaded through each section.

This book brings together research working at the boundary between design knowledges and mobilities, offering a novel collection for both theorists and practitioners. Drawing upon detailed case studies, it demonstrates the diverse roles of design in shaping mobility at different spaces and scales: across cities; within different types of buildings and infrastructures; and through commuting, work and leisure activities. A range of international scholars illustrate the designed mobilities of car parks, traffic lights, street benches, pedestrian wayfinding systems and accessible design in the urban environment; they examine spaces within hospitals, airports and train stations and investigate design practices for bicycles, future urban vehicles and MotoGP motorcycle racing. Other contributions explore overlooked mobile artefacts such as television and video game remote controls, 3D printing and the types of packaging which enable objects themselves to move around. This book demonstrates how the tools, assumptions and processes of design shape spaces of mobility, and also illuminates how shifts in the fluidity and circulation of people, practices and materials in turn reconfigure practices of design. Mobilising Design develops multi-disciplinary understandings of design, drawing upon diverse literatures including design history, product design, architecture and cultural geography. By highlighting often invisible artefacts and associated knowledges and controversies, the book foregrounds the taken-for-granted ways in which everyday mobility is designed. It will be of interest to scholars in geography, sociology, economic history, architecture, design and urban theory.

This book brings together research working at the boundary between design knowledges and mobilities, offering a novel collection for both theorists and practitioners. Drawing upon detailed case studies, it demonstrates the diverse roles of design in shaping mobility at different spaces and scales: across cities; within different types of buildings and infrastructures; and through commuting, work and leisure activities. A range of international scholars illustrate the designed mobilities of car parks, traffic lights, street benches, pedestrian wayfinding systems and accessible design in the urban environment; they examine spaces within hospitals, airports and train stations and investigate design practices for bicycles, future urban vehicles and MotoGP motorcycle racing. Other contributions explore overlooked mobile artefacts such as television and video game remote controls, 3D printing and the types of packaging which enable objects themselves to move around. This book demonstrates how the tools, assumptions and processes of design shape spaces of mobility, and also illuminates how shifts in the fluidity and circulation of people, practices and materials in turn reconfigure practices of design. Mobilising Design develops multi-disciplinary understandings of design, drawing upon diverse literatures including design history, product design, architecture and cultural geography. By highlighting often invisible artefacts and associated knowledges and controversies, the book foregrounds the taken-for-granted ways in which everyday mobility is designed. It will be of interest to scholars in geography, sociology, economic history, architecture, design and urban theory.

Individuals, consumer groups, nation states and supra-national bodies increasingly have interrogated the ethics of particular production and consumption relations such as GM foods. Flowing from and bound up with these political concerns is the growing interest in the mutual dependence of sites of (for example) production, distribution, retailing, design, advertising, marketing and final consumption. This timely volume draws together contributions concerned with the production, circulation and consumption of commodities. Not only do these case study examples seek to transcend older understandings of production and consumption, but they also explicitly tap into wider public debate about the meanings, origins and biographies of commodities. Taking a geographical approach to the analysis of links between producers and consumers, the book focuses upon the ways in which these ties increasingly are stretched across spaces and places. Critical engagements with the ways in which these spaces and places affect the economies, cultures and politics of the connections between producers and consumers are skilfully threaded through each section.

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Hochschule RheinMain (Wirtschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Mit dem Gesetz zum Einstieg in die okologische Steuerreform hat der Deutsche Bundestag am 01.04.1999 die Einfuhrung einer Okosteuer in Deutschland beschlossen. Noch im gleichen Jahr ist die erste von insgesamt 5 Reformstufen in Kraft getreten, in deren Rahmen durch eine Erhohung der Energiebesteuerung der Energieverbrauch in Deutschland und damit die daraus resultierenden Emissionen vermindert werden sollen. Mit den zusatzlichen Steuereinnahmen wird eine Senkung der Sozialversicherungsbeitrage und damit der Lohnnebenkosten finanziert. Die okologische Steuerreform war sowohl im Vorfeld als auch in den ersten Phasen ihrer Realisierung aus verschiedenen okologischen, okonomischen und juristischen Grunden umstritten. Der Streit gewann an politischer Brisanz, als zu Beginn des Jahres 2000 die Importpreise fur Mineralolprodukte durch den Anstieg der Weltmarkpreise fur Rohol und die Abwertung des Euro drastisch gestiegen sind. Dies hat unter anderem zu heftigem Widerstand bei Teilen der Wirtschaft und der Bevolkerung in Deutschland wie auch in anderen europaischen Landern gefuhrt. Von da an gab es kaum ein anderes Thema, das den Volkszorn in dem Masse auf sich zog und an dem sich die politischen Geister so stark schieden. Im Besonderen stellten die Opposition und Interessenvertreter der Industrie den Sinn und die wirtschaftliche wie soziale Zumutbarkeit der Reform in Frage und forderten ihre Aussetzung bzw. Aufhebung. Somit wurde die okologische Steuerreform auch innerhalb der Koalition zum hasslichen Entlein und damit zu deren unpopularsten Reformobjekt, was sehr oft von der Opposition und den gegnerischen Medien polemisch und unsachlich fur eigene Zwecke missbraucht wurde. Unglucklicherweise behalten nur noch wenige im emotionsgeladenen Streit um das Ob und Wie den eigentlichen Sinn dieses Themas im Auge. Um s