Sökning: "transportation politics"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden transportation politics.

  1. 1. An infrastructure of freedom : Atlanta, race, and the struggle over public transportation in the capitalist city

    Författare :Marcus Mohall; Don Mitchell; David Jansson; Theresa Enright; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public transportation; transit; transit struggles; transportation; planning; mobility; politics of mobility; transportation politics; infrastructure; capitalism; race; USA; US South; Atlanta; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides a multiscalar analysis of the production and struggle over the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), the main transit system in metro Atlanta. It examines how the actions and visions of the state, capital, and transportation activists intersect to structure how and to what extent transit systems can be organized to realize their distinctive potential to allow urban residents to meet their basic mobility needs. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Promoting Innovation in Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance : Incentives Contracting and Performance Based Specifications

    Författare :Torbjörn Stenbeck; Johan Silfwerbrand; Jan Bröchner; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Building engineering; Byggnadsteknik;

    Sammanfattning : Knowledge of what action that is needed to drive innovation at a desired speed is in demand in civil engineering and its related maintenance. 1. What measures to stimulate innovation have been tested? 2. How much innovation has been achieved by contracting? 3. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Makten över trafikpolitiken : Korporatism, lobbying och opinionsbildning inför 1998 års transportpolitiska beslut : en bok från PISA-projeket

    Författare :Carl Melin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; transportation policy; lobbying; political communication; public policy; interest groups; public opinion; corporatism; Sweden; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : In 1994 the Swedish government decided to begin an investigation to help shape future transportation policy. The most vital part of the investigation was to present suggestions about how transportation policy could be altered to become environmentally sound. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The personal and the political : how personal welfare state experiences affect political trust and ideology

    Författare :Staffan Kumlin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Citizens in advanced industrial democracies frequently have personal experiences with public services and welfare state arrangements. They may have regular contact with public health care services, schools, public transportation, public libraries, and many other types of services. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Deltaic Dilemmas : Ecologies of Infrastructure in New Orleans

    Författare :Joshua Lewis; Henrik Ernstson; Nik Heynen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure; New Orleans; resilience; historical ecology; urban ecology; disturbance; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the politics of planning in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta, USA. Complex assemblages of water control infrastructure have been embedded in the delta over the last several centuries in an effort to keep its cities protected from floodwaters and maintain its waterways as standardized conduits for maritime transportation. LÄS MER