{"product_id":"9780745644226","title":"After the Car","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAfter the Car\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKingsley Dennis | John Urry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful forces around the world are undermining the car system and will usher in a new transport system sometime in the next few decades. Specifically, the book examines how several major processes are shaping the future of how we travel, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal warming and its many global consequences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeaking of oil supplies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncreased digitisation of many aspects of economic and social life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMassive global population increases\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors look at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and make a convincing argument for a future where, by necessity, the present car system will be re-designed and re-engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet the book also suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. The authors lay out what they consider to be possible 'post-car' future scenarios. These they describe as 'local sustainability', 'regional warlordism' and 'digital networks of control'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter The Car\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to planners, policy makers, social scientists, futurologists, those working in industry, as well as general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome have described the 20th Century as the century of the car. Now that century has come to a close – and things are about to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKingsley Dennis\u003c\/b\u003e, Research Associate, Lancaster University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Urry\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 June 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745644226\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380496429196,"sku":"9780745644226","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745644226_1a105984-0270-48d8-bd7e-865596c2e671.jpg?v=1780174046","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745644226","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}