How Cities Learn Tracing Bus Rapid Transit in South Africa |
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| Author:
| Wood, Astrid |
| Series title: | RGS-IBG Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-119-79427-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2022 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa.
- Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT
- Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south
- Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities
- Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people...
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How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa.
- Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT
- Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south
- Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities
- Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place
- Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners