The Urban Political Economy and Ecology of Automobility

Just how resilient are our urban societies to energy, environmental and financial shocks? How might the recent series of financial crises be related to automobile dependence and patterns of urban automobile use? What can we learn from the politics of mobility and social movement within cities?_x000D_ This volume provides a holistic and reflexive account of the role played by automobility in differentiating social, economic and political life in the contemporary city - and the effect of city living on automobility. Split into three thematic sections, this book is a must for those working on theorizing the city and automobility, as well as those conducting empirical analyses on these issues.