Urban Mobility in Modern China The Growth of the E-bike /

• Main Author: Zuev, Dennis (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Urban geography.; Human geography.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Human Geography.; Science and Technology Studies.; Urbanism.

This book is an empirically rich case-study of what is currently the most popular alternative-fuel vehicle in the history of motorization - the electric two-wheeler (e-bike). The book provides sociological insights into e-bike mobility in China and discusses politics, social practices and larger iss...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction. Towards understanding of E-bike mobility in China
• Chapter 2. The booming "low-tech"
• Chapter 3. The culture and politics of e-bike mobility in China
• Chapter 4: "The human flesh covering steel": materialities of e-bike propelled movement
• Chapter 5: Journeys and the Social life of e-bike
• Chapter 6. The smart ways forward for electric two-wheeler.