Yet the book also suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. The authors lay out what they consider to be possible ‘post-car’ future scenarios. These they describe as ‘local sustainability’, ‘regional warlordism’ and ‘digital networks of control’.
After The Car will be of great interest to planners, policy makers, social scientists, futurologists, those working in industry, as well as general readers.
Some have described the 20th Century as the century of the car. Now that century has come to a close – and things are about to change.
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John Urry (1946-2016) was Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University
"Dennis and Urry exhibit a refreshing understanding of the sheer inefficiency and inconvenience of cars."
Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian
"One great aspect of this book is that it manages to build some possible and realistic view of the future without neglecting its unpredictability. After the Car is a very inspiring book that we would recommend to all people interested in the future of transportation systems – especially those convinced by the importance of carfree perspectives in building it."
Carbusters
"One of the toughest things to do is to anticipate discontinuity, to envisage a world - a life - beyond the car. The authors practice this art of the impossible in a fascinating way, opening up the social and sociological imagination for alternative paths of modernization."
Ulrich Beck, University of Munich
"A persuasive and readable summary of why motoring as we know it is doomed. The authors systematically chart the new technologies, oil shortages, environmental and other pressures changing the way we travel and the world we live in. If you want to know what the future might look like, this book is for you. Jeremy Clarkson is an endangered species!"
Steven Joseph, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport
"After the Car is a useful contribution to the debate about the role of the car which poses some interesting questions about its future."
Tony Bosworth, Friends of the Earth
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