CHAPTER 12. MOVEMENT AND MOBILITY IN THE POST-FORDIST CITY

This chapter attempts to explore the implications of recent profound changes in contemporary economic, social, cultural, and spatial urban organisation for patterns of movement and mobility. It also considers how changing travel patterns and behaviours are themselves integral to the broader transformations occurring in ways of urban living and working. It develops some theory on these themes, then draws on a study of the Tyneside conurbation in North East England to examine the lessons and validity of the theory. The study reported here aimed to explore some possible new conceptual frameworks and new approaches to analysis in transport. It first considered the hypothetical transition from a 'Fordist' city to a 'post-Fordist' city, and raised several questions about changing influences on travel behaviour. The changes during this transition include a growing pluralisation of culture, economic activities, consumption practices, and control processes, which leads to some disorganisation of the city's spatial structure. Such trends are strongest in North America, but are also evident in the UK. The research explored the implications of these urban changes to travel patterns and characteristics, and how changes in movement and mobility contribute to these new ways of living and working and new spatial structures. For the covering abstract, see IRRD E101216.

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• Authors:
  • Gillespie, Andrew J
  • Healey, Patricia
  • ROBINS, K
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 243-66
• Serial:
  • TRANSPORT POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • Publisher: E & FN SPON

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Land use; Mobility; Motion; Sociology; Theory; Travel; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United Kingdom; United States
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8018: Canada; 698: Journey; 356: Land use; 9105: Mobility (pers); 9048: Modification; 5483: Movement; 2253: Sociology; 9078: Theory; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766849
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-419-23140-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 1999 12:00AM