Roads, Runways and Resistance : From the Newbury Bypass to Extinction Rebellion /

Chronicling 30 years of public protest, government U-turns and environmental destruction, this is the story of Britain's transport policy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melia, Steve (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2021.
Temas:
Transportation and state > Great Britain.
Transportation > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Transport > Aspect politique > Grande-Bretagne.
Transportation and state
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Timeline of Events
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. The Biggest Road-Building Programme Since the Romans (1989-92)
  • 2. Direct Action, Arrests and Unexplained Violence
  • 3. The Newbury Bypass, Reclaim the Streets and 'Swampy'
  • 4. The Biggest Hit on the Road Programme Since the Romans Left (1992-7)
  • 5. Integrated Transport, the New Labour Ideal (1997-2000)
  • 6. The Fuel Protests and their Aftermath
  • 7. How Road Pricing Came to London
  • and Nowhere Else
  • 8. Airport Expansion and Climate Change
  • 9. The Campaign Against a Heathrow Third Runway
  • 10. High-Speed Rail
  • 11. HS2
  • 12. Return to Road-building and Airport Expansion (2010-17)
  • 13. The Climate Rebellion Begins
  • 14. The Climate Emergency Changes the Transport World
  • 15. Protest and the Limits to Growth of Transport
  • and Other Things
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index

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