bus rapid transit
A01=Astrid Wood
Author_Astrid Wood
Bogota
BRT
Cape Town
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Ekurhuleni
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eThekwini
Johannesburg
MyCiTi
Nelson Mandela Bay
Rea Vaya
Rustenburg
South Africa
transport
transportation
Tshwane
urban planners
Product details
- ISBN 9781119794271
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2022
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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
Astrid Wood is an Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. Dr. Wood is an urban geographer specializing in infrastructure, governance and transportation.
