• Cambridge Scholars Publishing

    "[Genetically Modified Organisms: A Scientific-Political Dialogue on a Meaningless Meme] is an excellent book presenting a very strong case for abandoning the acronym GMO. It will be extremely helpful to scholars and educators in developing countries who need to persuade their populace and politicians to adopt modern methods to reap the benefits of more nutritious foods and greatly improved yields."

    - Sir Richard J. Roberts, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology

An Analysis of the Role of Cycling in Sustainable Urban Mobility: The Importance of the Bicycle

This book analyses the reasons why cycling is returning to cities around the world as an essential element in solving and overcoming the crisis of the dominant car-centric model of urban mobility, with its known adverse consequences of congestion, pollution and urban space consumption. It argues that it is not possible to solve this crisis without giving a central role to the bicycle, both as a mode of transport in itself and as an integrating and cohesive element of other forms of transport. The bicycle, due to its special characteristics of autonomy, simplicity and energy efficiency, must be a key part of any sustainable urban mobility project. It not only returns human scale to the city, but is also essential for the effective design of any intermodal system of sustainable metropolitan public transport.


Ricardo Marqués is Full Professor of Physics at the University of Seville, Spain, where he has carried out most of his teaching and research activities. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers, and has served as a member of the board of ConBici, the main Spanish association of urban cyclists. He has also been actively involved in the design of the cycling policy at his university and in his hometown of Seville, and he is presently working on the intermodality between bicycles and public transport, as well as the analysis of cycling mobility and the factors that contribute to its integration into urban mobility, including cycling safety.

There are currently no reviews for this title. Please do revisit this page again to see if some have been added.

Buy This Book

ISBN: 1-5275-4890-2

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-4890-9

Release Date: 5th May 2020

Pages: 179

Price: £58.99

-
+