Mobilization of the Masses: Dutch Planners, Local Politics, and the Threat of the Motor Age 1960-1980
During the 1950s and 1960s, the Netherlands experienced a rapid growth in car ownership. Dutch planners and politicians soon realized that this growing automobility would radically transform the living environment, daily commute, and consumption behavior of millions of people, in particular of those living in or near large conurbations. By investigating how professional and political elites perceived increasing automobility, and how their responses subsequently affected urban planning in the Netherlands, this article offers a comprehensive and multifaceted narrative of the dawning of the Dutch... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of Urban History ; volume 47, issue 1, page 136-156 ; ISSN 0096-1442 1552-6771 |
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SAGE Publications
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Schlagwörter: | Urban Studies / Sociology and Political Science / History |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27061758 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0096144219872767 |