Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development
Interpretation, Diversity and Controversy
Published on 28. April 2023
Book
Hardback
274 pages
978-1-80220-719-4 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on discourse analysis, this innovative book takes a novel approach to examining the different interpretations, diversity of views and controversy in society about transport and urban development.
Combining theory with empirical case studies, this book breaks new ground in the field by critically engaging with an understanding of the different perspectives and subjectivities associated with transport systems and urban development projects. Incorporating the diverse wider societal and political contexts, various approaches to discourse analysis are examined, including content analysis, critical discourse analysis and Q methodology. Examining the narratives in transport and urban development, chapters study car advertising, highway reconstruction, public transport, bus provision, transit-orientated development and financialisation, walking and cycling networks, and emerging new technologies. Ultimately, the book argues that mainstream views and processes must be confronted in order to respond to contemporary public policy challenges, and makes a convincing case for the wider use of discourse analysis in transport and urban development research, planning and implementation.
Global in scope, this cutting-edge book will prove vital reading for students and scholars of transport planning and urban development. Its practical guidance will be useful to transport and development policymakers and practitioners working in urban and regional authorities, consultancies and civil society.
Combining theory with empirical case studies, this book breaks new ground in the field by critically engaging with an understanding of the different perspectives and subjectivities associated with transport systems and urban development projects. Incorporating the diverse wider societal and political contexts, various approaches to discourse analysis are examined, including content analysis, critical discourse analysis and Q methodology. Examining the narratives in transport and urban development, chapters study car advertising, highway reconstruction, public transport, bus provision, transit-orientated development and financialisation, walking and cycling networks, and emerging new technologies. Ultimately, the book argues that mainstream views and processes must be confronted in order to respond to contemporary public policy challenges, and makes a convincing case for the wider use of discourse analysis in transport and urban development research, planning and implementation.
Global in scope, this cutting-edge book will prove vital reading for students and scholars of transport planning and urban development. Its practical guidance will be useful to transport and development policymakers and practitioners working in urban and regional authorities, consultancies and civil society.
Reviews / Votes
'Sustainable transport and urban development is key to future liveable cities, as the global urban population continues to grow across the world. A broader understanding of what are the most effective planning approaches to transport and urban development is required to move forward in a world facing climate uncertainties and growing population needs. Different perspectives and disciplinary approaches have provided, in recent years, a fresh take on ways to tackle some of the more complex urban problems. This book is among the first to bring together a mix of academics from a variety of disciplines, discussing different aspects of transport and urban development, using discourse analysis as primary methodological approach. This book provides researchers and students with a comprehensive discussion on the discourse analysis approach as well as useful case studies from a variety of contexts and geographies.' -- Maria Attard, University of Malta, Malta 'At a time of climate crisis, rapidly increasing urban inequalities and profound technological change, transport and urban planning must change radically. This requires new approaches to understanding the meanings and power relations that are inscribed into, and generated by, transport systems and governance. Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development demonstrates compellingly how different kinds of discourse analysis can help transport researchers, students and professionals make sense of the many and power-laden contestations over how transport systems can and should be changed and improved.' -- Tim Schwanen, University of Oxford, UK 'This book successfully combines international case studies and voices from authors of multiple academic disciplines to challenge car-oriented transportation research and practice. It highlights how car-oriented terminology, language, and discourses shape transportation and sustainability outcomes. The book is an eye-opener for practitioners and academics in sustainable transport as they can begin to learn how to detect and start to disentangle from car-dominated discourses and language.' -- Ralph Buehler, Virginia Tech, USMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80220-719-4 (9781802207194)
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Edited by Robin Hickman and Christine Hannigan, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK
Content
Contents:
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgements xvi
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Using discourse analysis in transport and urban development research 2
Robin Hickman and Christine Hannigan
PART II GRAND NARRATIVES
2 Transport planning, paradigms and practices: finding
conditions for change 11
Ruben Akse, Adri Albert de la Bruheze and Karst Geurs
3 Exploring growth as a central representation in sustainable
transport discourse 24
Elias Isaksson
4 Discursive power dynamics affecting how climate targets are
framed and integrated in national transport planning: the case
of Sweden 39
Karolina Isaksson, Linnea Eriksson and Jacob Witzell
5 Stakeholders' perceptions of urban mobility in a Central
European country: a Q methodology approach 52
Hana Bruhova Folty?nova, Eliska Vejchodska, Radomira
Jordova and Kristy?na Rybova
6 The meta and master narratives of mega transport infrastructure 67
Daniel Durrant
PART III CASE STUDIES ON DISCOURSE, TRANSPORT
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
7 Car advertising and environmental greenwashing 80
Robin Hickman
8 The Interstate Highway 70 reconstruction project in Denver:
repeating a 1960s planning failure? 97
Andrew R. Goetz
9 Sustainability and shared ride-hailing in a mega-city: the
rhetoric and impacts of Uber Juntos in Sao Paulo 112
Leandro da Silva Correa and Anthony Perl
10 Legitimising HS2: analysing political speeches from 2010-2014 131
James Udagawa
11 Where are the rails? An investigation into the climate, future
prospects and barriers to high-speed rail development in Canada 149
Giacomo Vecia
12 Exploring bus reform in Malta 172
Therese Bajada
13 Cycling promotion and narratives of urban development: an
ecolinguistic approach 185
M. Cristina Caimotto
14 Community, authenticity and newness: obscuring financial
motivations in transport and development projects through
discourse at Battersea Power Station 198
Christine Hannigan
15 MaaS unmasked: how local leaders think they are resisting
(and are thereby accelerating) the neoliberalisation of transport policies 211
Nacima Baron
16 Anything that can reasonably be automated will be: analysis of
transport automation imaginaries in the Finnish context 228
Janne Olin and Milos N. Mladenovic
PART IV CONCLUSIONS
17 Next steps for discourse analysis in transport and urban development 242
Christine Hannigan and Robin Hickman
Index
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgements xvi
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Using discourse analysis in transport and urban development research 2
Robin Hickman and Christine Hannigan
PART II GRAND NARRATIVES
2 Transport planning, paradigms and practices: finding
conditions for change 11
Ruben Akse, Adri Albert de la Bruheze and Karst Geurs
3 Exploring growth as a central representation in sustainable
transport discourse 24
Elias Isaksson
4 Discursive power dynamics affecting how climate targets are
framed and integrated in national transport planning: the case
of Sweden 39
Karolina Isaksson, Linnea Eriksson and Jacob Witzell
5 Stakeholders' perceptions of urban mobility in a Central
European country: a Q methodology approach 52
Hana Bruhova Folty?nova, Eliska Vejchodska, Radomira
Jordova and Kristy?na Rybova
6 The meta and master narratives of mega transport infrastructure 67
Daniel Durrant
PART III CASE STUDIES ON DISCOURSE, TRANSPORT
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
7 Car advertising and environmental greenwashing 80
Robin Hickman
8 The Interstate Highway 70 reconstruction project in Denver:
repeating a 1960s planning failure? 97
Andrew R. Goetz
9 Sustainability and shared ride-hailing in a mega-city: the
rhetoric and impacts of Uber Juntos in Sao Paulo 112
Leandro da Silva Correa and Anthony Perl
10 Legitimising HS2: analysing political speeches from 2010-2014 131
James Udagawa
11 Where are the rails? An investigation into the climate, future
prospects and barriers to high-speed rail development in Canada 149
Giacomo Vecia
12 Exploring bus reform in Malta 172
Therese Bajada
13 Cycling promotion and narratives of urban development: an
ecolinguistic approach 185
M. Cristina Caimotto
14 Community, authenticity and newness: obscuring financial
motivations in transport and development projects through
discourse at Battersea Power Station 198
Christine Hannigan
15 MaaS unmasked: how local leaders think they are resisting
(and are thereby accelerating) the neoliberalisation of transport policies 211
Nacima Baron
16 Anything that can reasonably be automated will be: analysis of
transport automation imaginaries in the Finnish context 228
Janne Olin and Milos N. Mladenovic
PART IV CONCLUSIONS
17 Next steps for discourse analysis in transport and urban development 242
Christine Hannigan and Robin Hickman
Index