Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wood, Astrid,

Titel

How cities learn : tracing bus rapid transit in South Africa

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Intro -- How Cities Learn -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- BRT Arrives in South Africa -- Understanding the South African City -- Transport Geography, Policy Mobilities and Learning in and from the South -- Using Policy Mobilities as a Methodology -- Structure of the Book -- 2. Geographies of Knowledge -- Building an Analytic for Tracing -- Tracing through Policy Models -- Tracing through Actors and Associations -- Tracing through Cities -- Tracing through Temporalities -- 3. Translating BRT to South Africa -- Introduction -- The Geography of BRT -- Forming the Bogotá Model of BRT -- Introducing BRT in South African Cities -- Johannesburg's Rea Vaya -- Cape Town's MyCiTi -- Tshwane's A Re Yeng -- Rustenburg's Yarona -- Nelson Mandela Bay's Libhongolethu -- eThekwini's Go Durban! -- A South African Interpretation of BRT -- About the Station Platform -- About the Bus -- About the Bus Lane -- About the Route -- BRT and Taxi Transformation -- The South African Taxi Industry -- State Intervention in Transportation -- Negotiating with Taxi Operators -- Conclusion -- 4. Actors and Associations Circulating BRT -- Introduction -- An Analytic for Studying Policy Actors -- Redefining the Role of Policy Actors -- Policy Mobilizers of BRT Circulation -- Intermediaries of BRT Circulation -- Local Pioneers of BRT Circulation -- Learning through Networks -- Networks of Internationals -- Networks of South Africans -- Power Dynamics of Networks -- Conclusion -- 5. The Local Politics of BRT -- Introduction -- The International Context of BRT Circulation -- Learning from South America -- Learning from Africa -- Learning from India -- Learning from the North -- The National Context of BRT Circulation -- Political Interactions between South African Localities.
• Technical Exchanges between South Africa Localities -- The Municipal Context of BRT Circulation -- Conclusion -- 6. Repetitive Processes of BRT Adoption -- Introduction -- Tracing Transportation Innovation in South Africa -- Planting the Seeds of BRT in South Africa -- Gradual Processes of Learning -- Repetitive Processes of Circulation -- Delayed Processes of Adoption -- Transportation Innovations Not Adopted -- Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- Introduction -- Reflecting on How Cities Learn -- Reflecting on BRT in South Africa -- Appendix A: Interview Schedule -- Appendix B: Features of BRT systems in South Africa -- References -- Index -- EULA.
• Description based on print version record.