Research
Watch Your Step: Everyday Urban Mobility in the Arctic
Monica Tennberg · 2023
Summary
A qualitative study of everyday winter walking in Rovaniemi, Finland, examining how pedestrians adapt to slippery and icy urban conditions. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, photographs and municipal mobility documents, the chapter explores the use of studded footwear and the bodily, sensory and practical experiences of navigating a changing Arctic urban environment.
- Topics
- Planning & DesignBehaviour & Mobility ManagementHealth, Safety & Wellbeing
- Target audience
- Policy makersUrban plannersTraffic plannersMaintenance
- Mode
- Walking
- Conditions
- Winter
- Population group
- All
- Trip purpose
- All
- Countries
- Finland(Lapland)
- Language
- English
- Access
- Open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-031-36445-7_10
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