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Automobility system development in socialist and post-socialist Brno (the Czech Republic)
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Automobility itself has constituted an overwhelming feature of everyday life and has influenced many aspects of urban societies for at least several last decades. The story of automobility has been, however, specific in the case of the Czech Republic and also of the other Central-European socialist countries. Automobility has been delayed here as a consequence of a socialist regime preferring hugely mobility based on public transport with the result of an underdevelopment of all elements of so called automobility systems (Urry, 2007; Sheller and Urry, 2000). As a kind of compensation, the fast growth of motoring has been in progress after the fall of the socialist regime in the Czech Republic. The aim of this paper is to analyse, discuss and theorize the development of various aspects of automobility system in the case of the city of Brno (the second largest city in the Czech Republic) under the differing conditions in socialist and post-socialist era. Particular attention will be paid to the development of needed and supportive infrastructure materialities (urban roads, bridges, road lights, petrol stations, tunnels, road signs etc.), parking places, prices of cars, petrol and other related necessities, urban transport policies and also to all other relevant automobility issues. |
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