Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development

Edited by Robin Hickman and Christine Hannigan, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK

• Contents:Foreword xiiiAcknowledgements xviPART I INTRODUCTION1 Using discourse analysis in transport and urban development research 2Robin Hickman and Christine HanniganPART II GRAND NARRATIVES2 Transport planning, paradigms and practices: findingconditions for change 11Ruben Akse, Adri Albert de la Bruhèze and Karst Geurs3 Exploring growth as a central representation in sustainabletransport discourse 24Elias Isaksson4 Discursive power dynamics affecting how climate targets areframed and integrated in national transport planning: the caseof Sweden 39Karolina Isaksson, Linnea Eriksson and Jacob Witzell5 Stakeholders’ perceptions of urban mobility in a CentralEuropean country: a Q methodology approach 52Hana Brůhová Foltýnová, Eliška Vejchodská, RadomíraJordová and Kristýna Rybová6 The meta and master narratives of mega transport infrastructure 67Daniel DurrantPART III CASE STUDIES ON DISCOURSE, TRANSPORTAND URBAN DEVELOPMENT7 Car advertising and environmental greenwashing 80Robin Hickman8 The Interstate Highway 70 reconstruction project in Denver:repeating a 1960s planning failure? 97Andrew R. Goetz9 Sustainability and shared ride-hailing in a mega-city: therhetoric and impacts of Uber Juntos in São Paulo 112Leandro da Silva Correa and Anthony Perl10 Legitimising HS2: analysing political speeches from 2010–2014 131James Udagawa11 Where are the rails? An investigation into the climate, futureprospects and barriers to high-speed rail development in Canada 149Giacomo Vecia12 Exploring bus reform in Malta 172Thérèse Bajada13 Cycling promotion and narratives of urban development: anecolinguistic approach 185M. Cristina Caimotto14 Community, authenticity and newness: obscuring financialmotivations in transport and development projects throughdiscourse at Battersea Power Station 198Christine Hannigan15 MaaS unmasked: how local leaders think they are resisting(and are thereby accelerating) the neoliberalisation of transport policies 211Nacima Baron16 Anything that can reasonably be automated will be: analysis oftransport automation imaginaries in the Finnish context 228Janne Olin and Miloš N. MladenovićPART IV CONCLUSIONS17 Next steps for discourse analysis in transport and urban development 242Christine Hannigan and Robin HickmanIndex

‘Sustainable transport and urban development is key to future liveable cities, as the global urban population continues to grow across the world. A broader understanding of what are the most effective planning approaches to transport and urban development is required to move forward in a world facing climate uncertainties and growing population needs. Different perspectives and disciplinary approaches have provided, in recent years, a fresh take on ways to tackle some of the more complex urban problems. This book is among the first to bring together a mix of academics from a variety of disciplines, discussing different aspects of transport and urban development, using discourse analysis as primary methodological approach. This book provides researchers and students with a comprehensive discussion on the discourse analysis approach as well as useful case studies from a variety of contexts and geographies.’