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About this book
How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa.
- Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT
- Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south
- Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities
- Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place
- Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners
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Table of contents
- How Cities Learn
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Geographies of Knowledge
- 3. Translating BRT to South Africa
- 4. Actors and Associations Circulating BRT
- 5. The Local Politics of BRT
- 6. Repetitive Processes of BRT Adoption
- 7. Conclusion
- Appendix A: Interview Schedule
- Appendix B: Features of BRT systems in South Africa
- References
- Index
- EULA