Building in greenfield as a main negative of new cycle paths: Qualitative case study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2020/6.1/s27.065" target="_blank" >10.5593/sgem2020/6.1/s27.065</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Building in greenfield as a main negative of new cycle paths: Qualitative case study

Original language description

Bicycle transport is usually perceived as environmentally friendly alternative of car transport. From the point-of-view of everyday mobility, the bicycle is relatively fast, inexpensive, healthy and environmentally friendly mode of transport, which helps people to overcome the dependence on the car. For this reason, promoting cycling is one of the key concepts of sustainable mobility, which influences the creation of mobility management plans in recent decades. However, not everything is so bright. This article reveals that preferences of cycling infrastructure users and actions of officials and politicians are sometimes far from principles of sustainable development. It is based on data from the Czech Republic, where two large surveys and one qualitative study were implemented during the years 2014 - 2019. These data describe (a) the preferences of cyclists as a target group, (b) the priorities of politicians and officials influencing the construction of cycle paths, and (c) the experience of professionals involved in the construction of cycle paths themselves. Combining quantitative and qualitative data from three different sources makes it easy to get to know the everyday reality of building bicycle paths in the Czech Republic as a country where cycling infrastructure development is very slow and each section of a new trail is often very expensive. The paper draws attention to some thoughtless and populist steps that led to the unnecessary occupation of land in greenfield and describes the reasons for this approach. On the other hand, the paper gives recommendations on how to develop cycling infrastructure sparingly and with respect to the environment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50700 - Social and economic geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM. Volume 2020-August, Issue 6.1

ISBN

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ISSN

1314-2704

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

507-514

Publisher name

International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference

Place of publication

Albena

Event location

Albena, Bulgaria

Event date

Jan 1, 2020

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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