The forgotten role of pedestrian transportation in urban life

Insights from a visual comparative archaeology (Gothenburg and Toulouse, 1875–2011)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8098051
AutoresFranck Cochoy (0000-0002-0382-5660, University Toulouse Jean-Jaurès/CERTOP, France, autor de correspondencia), Johan Hagberg (0000-0002-4023-2741, University of Gothenburg), Roland Canu (University Toulouse Jean-Jaurès/CERTOP, France)
Año2014
Volumen52
Número12
Páginas2267-2286
Fecha de publicación2014-08-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042098014544760
OpenAlexW2159877024
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas21

This paper explores consumer logistics in urban settings by focusing on the evolution of pedestrian transportation. It accounts for how people carry things in the city and how this is related to the frames of the city and other means of transportation. The methodology combines archaeology, observation, and statistics, and rests on systematic coding of photographical archives. It analyses two streets, one in Gothenburg, Sweden and one in Toulouse, France, over four distinctive periods: before World War I, the wars and interwar period, the 1950s–1960s, and the present. Both dramatic and discrete changes are found, such as the simultaneous proliferation in the use of pedestrians’ bags and motorised types of transportation. The paper identifies geographical, technical, and cultural differences, while yielding surprising similarities between the two cities. The paper concludes that the neglected issue of consumer logistics need to be brought into the contemporary discourse on sustainable cities

Archaeology · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Interwar period · Pedestrian · Regional science · Sociology · World War II · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Public Spaces through Art