Reading List
"Livable streets? Green gentrification and the displacement of longtime residents in Ghent, Belgium" by Cedric Goossens, Stijn Oosterlynck, Lieve Bradt
About Leefstraten and the effect they may have in the wider story of gentrification.
Goossens, C., Oosterlynck, S., & Bradt, L. (2020). Livable streets? Green gentrification and the displacement of longtime residents in Ghent, Belgium. Urban Geography, 41(4), 550-572
Goossens, C., Oosterlynck, S., & Bradt, L. (2020). Livable streets? Green gentrification and the displacement of longtime residents in Ghent, Belgium. Urban Geography, 41(4), 550-572
Goossens, C., Oosterlynck, S., & Bradt, L. (2020). Livable streets? Green gentrification and the displacement of longtime residents in Ghent, Belgium. Urban Geography, 41(4), 550-572
Goossens, C., Oosterlynck, S., & Bradt, L. (2020). Livable streets? Green gentrification and the displacement of longtime residents in Ghent, Belgium. Urban Geography, 41(4), 550-572
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"From “streets for traffic” to “streets for people”: can street experiments transform urban mobility?" by Luca Bertolini
Bertolini, L. (2020). From “streets for traffic” to “streets for people”: can street experiments transform urban mobility? Transport Reviews, 40(6), 734-753
Bertolini, L. (2020). From “streets for traffic” to “streets for people”: can street experiments transform urban mobility? Transport Reviews, 40(6), 734-753
Bertolini, L. (2020). From “streets for traffic” to “streets for people”: can street experiments transform urban mobility? Transport Reviews, 40(6), 734-753
Bertolini, L. (2020). From “streets for traffic” to “streets for people”: can street experiments transform urban mobility? Transport Reviews, 40(6), 734-753
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"Tactical urbanism: Short-term action for long-term change" by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia
Lydon, M., & Garcia, A. (2015). Tactical urbanism: Short-term action for long-term change. Island Press
Lydon, M., & Garcia, A. (2015). Tactical urbanism: Short-term action for long-term change. Island Press
Lydon, M., & Garcia, A. (2015). Tactical urbanism: Short-term action for long-term change. Island Press
Lydon, M., & Garcia, A. (2015). Tactical urbanism: Short-term action for long-term change. Island Press
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"From temporary arrangements to permanent change: Assessing the transitional capacity of city street experiments" by Katherine Van Hoose et al.
VanHoose, K., de Gante, A.R., Bertolini, L., Kinigadner, J., & Büttner, B. (2022). From temporary arrangements to permanent change: Assessing the transitional capacity of city street experiments. Journal of Urban Mobility, 2, 100015.
VanHoose, K., de Gante, A.R., Bertolini, L., Kinigadner, J., & Büttner, B. (2022). From temporary arrangements to permanent change: Assessing the transitional capacity of city street experiments. Journal of Urban Mobility, 2, 100015.
VanHoose, K., de Gante, A.R., Bertolini, L., Kinigadner, J., & Büttner, B. (2022). From temporary arrangements to permanent change: Assessing the transitional capacity of city street experiments. Journal of Urban Mobility, 2, 100015.
VanHoose, K., de Gante, A.R., Bertolini, L., Kinigadner, J., & Büttner, B. (2022). From temporary arrangements to permanent change: Assessing the transitional capacity of city street experiments. Journal of Urban Mobility, 2, 100015.
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"Urban streets: Epitomes of planning challenges and opportunities at the interface of public space and mobility" by Kim Carlotta Von Schönfeld and Luca Bertolini
Journal article about the different, both symbiotic and conflicting, and always evolving uses of city streets, and about how this raises topical questions for urban planning.
Von Schönfeld, K. C., & Bertolini, L.. (2017). Urban streets: Epitomes of planning challenges and opportunities at the interface of public space and mobility. Cities, 68, 48–55.
Von Schönfeld, K. C., & Bertolini, L.. (2017). Urban streets: Epitomes of planning challenges and opportunities at the interface of public space and mobility. Cities, 68, 48–55.
Von Schönfeld, K. C., & Bertolini, L.. (2017). Urban streets: Epitomes of planning challenges and opportunities at the interface of public space and mobility. Cities, 68, 48–55.
Von Schönfeld, K. C., & Bertolini, L.. (2017). Urban streets: Epitomes of planning challenges and opportunities at the interface of public space and mobility. Cities, 68, 48–55.
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“Achieving just transitions to low-carbon urban mobility” by Tim Schwanen
Are transition to low carbon mobility just? Who can or cannot adopt and benefit from low-carbon forms of mobility? Tim Schwanen discusses the issue of justice applied to transition to low carbon mobility and emphasis the role in studying interdependent capabilities, enabling involved and affected constituencies to participate in governance and knowledge generation, and creating conditions that enable marginalized perspectives and experiences to shift transition pathways towards low-carbon mobility in previously unimaginable directions.
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"Of Love Affairs and Other Stories" by Peter Norton
Book chapter documenting how around the 1920s in the USA the norm of streets was deliberately shifted from a place of multiple uses and users to one where motorized traffic is and should be the dominant one. This is the very paradigm that street experiments are currently contesting.
Norton, P. (2014). “Of Love Affairs and Other Stories.” In Incomplete Streets, edited by S. Zavestoski, and J. Agyeman, 37–55. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Norton, P. (2014). “Of Love Affairs and Other Stories.” In Incomplete Streets, edited by S. Zavestoski, and J. Agyeman, 37–55. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Norton, P. (2014). “Of Love Affairs and Other Stories.” In Incomplete Streets, edited by S. Zavestoski, and J. Agyeman, 37–55. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Norton, P. (2014). “Of Love Affairs and Other Stories.” In Incomplete Streets, edited by S. Zavestoski, and J. Agyeman, 37–55. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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"Cities for People" by Jan Gehl
Classic book vividly illustrating and passionately arguing for why and how public space design should shift its focus from the enablement of traffic to that of social interactions. A key source of inspiration of many current street experiments.
Gehl, J. (2013). Cities for people. Island press.
Gehl, J. (2013). Cities for people. Island press.
Gehl, J. (2013). Cities for people. Island press.
Gehl, J. (2013). Cities for people. Island press.
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"From pedestrian area to urban project: assets and challenges for the centre of Brussels" by Michel Hubert et al.
Creation of a pedestrian zone in Brussels and its impact on a wide range of areas (housing, mobility, accessibility
Hubert, M., Corijn, E., Neuwels, J., Hardy, M., Vermeulen, S., & Vaesen, J. (2017). From pedestrian area to urban project: assets and challenges for the centre of Brussels. BSI synopsis. Brussels Studies. La revue scientifique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles/The Journal of Research on Brussels
Hubert, M., Corijn, E., Neuwels, J., Hardy, M., Vermeulen, S., & Vaesen, J. (2017). From pedestrian area to urban project: assets and challenges for the centre of Brussels. BSI synopsis. Brussels Studies. La revue scientifique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles/The Journal of Research on Brussels
Hubert, M., Corijn, E., Neuwels, J., Hardy, M., Vermeulen, S., & Vaesen, J. (2017). From pedestrian area to urban project: assets and challenges for the centre of Brussels. BSI synopsis. Brussels Studies. La revue scientifique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles/The Journal of Research on Brussels
Hubert, M., Corijn, E., Neuwels, J., Hardy, M., Vermeulen, S., & Vaesen, J. (2017). From pedestrian area to urban project: assets and challenges for the centre of Brussels. BSI synopsis. Brussels Studies. La revue scientifique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles/The Journal of Research on Brussels
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"The Street: A Quintessential Social Public Space" by Vikas Mehta
Mehta, V. (2013). The Street: A Quintessential Social Public Space. Routledge.
Mehta, V. (2013). The Street: A Quintessential Social Public Space. Routledge.
Mehta, V. (2013). The Street: A Quintessential Social Public Space. Routledge.
Mehta, V. (2013). The Street: A Quintessential Social Public Space. Routledge.
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"Livable streets" by Donald Appleyard
Classic book showing how motorized traffic kills the social function of city streets, and what might be needed to revert the trend. Still relevant! An updated, 2020 version (‘Livable streets 2.0’) is also available.
D. Appleyard (1981). Livable streets. University of California Press, Berkeley
D. Appleyard (1981). Livable streets. University of California Press, Berkeley
D. Appleyard (1981). Livable streets. University of California Press, Berkeley
D. Appleyard (1981). Livable streets. University of California Press, Berkeley
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"The 'system' of automobility" by John Urry
Urry, J. (2004). The 'system' of automobility. Theory, Culture & Society, 21(4/5), 25–39.
Urry, J. (2004). The 'system' of automobility. Theory, Culture & Society, 21(4/5), 25–39.
Urry, J. (2004). The 'system' of automobility. Theory, Culture & Society, 21(4/5), 25–39.
Urry, J. (2004). The 'system' of automobility. Theory, Culture & Society, 21(4/5), 25–39.
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