Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development : Interpretation, Diversity and Controversy /: Interpretation, Diversity and Controversy. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robin Hickman, Christine Hannigan.
• Editors: Hickman, Robin; Hannigan, Christine
• Contents: Contents: Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xvi PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Using discourse analysis in transport and urban development research 2 Robin Hickman and Christine Hannigan PART II GRAND NARRATIVES 2 Transport planning, paradigms and practices: finding conditions for change 11 Ruben Akse, Adri Albert de la Bruhèze and Karst Geurs 3 Exploring growth as a central representation in sustainable transport discourse 24 Elias Isaksson 4 Discursive power dynamics affecting how climate targets are framed and integrated in national transport planning: the case of Sweden 39 Karolina Isaksson, Linnea Eriksson and Jacob Witzell 5 Stakeholders' perceptions of urban mobility in a Central European country: a Q methodology approach 52 Hana Brůhová Foltýnová, Eliška Vejchodská, Radomíra Jordová and Kristýna Rybová 6 The meta and master narratives of mega transport infrastructure 67 Daniel Durrant PART III CASE STUDIES ON DISCOURSE, TRANSPORT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 7 Car advertising and environmental greenwashing 80 Robin Hickman 8 The Interstate Highway 70 reconstruction project in Denver: repeating a 1960s planning failure? 97 Andrew R. Goetz 9 Sustainability and shared ride-hailing in a mega-city: the rhetoric and impacts of Uber Juntos in São Paulo 112 Leandro da Silva Correa and Anthony Perl 10 Legitimising HS2: analysing political speeches from 2010–2014 131 James Udagawa 11 Where are the rails? An investigation into the climate, future prospects and barriers to high-speed rail development in Canada 149 Giacomo Vecia 12 Exploring bus reform in Malta 172 Thérèse Bajada 13 Cycling promotion and narratives of urban development: an ecolinguistic approach 185 M. Cristina Caimotto 14 Community, authenticity and newness: obscuring financial motivations in transport and development projects through discourse at Battersea Power Station 198 Christine Hannigan 15 MaaS unmasked: how local leaders think they are resisting (and are thereby accelerating) the neoliberalisation of transport policies 211 Nacima Baron 16 Anything that can reasonably be automated will be: analysis of transport automation imaginaries in the Finnish context 228 Janne Olin and Miloš N. Mladenović PART IV CONCLUSIONS 17 Next steps for discourse analysis in transport and urban development 242 Christine Hannigan and Robin Hickman Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Transport planning & policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning; Urban & municipal planning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781802207200; 1802207201
• Related ISBNs: 9781802207194
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