A polemic might be a good thing. Don't shy from it.
I first heard the term "transportation colonialism" in a 1989 pamphlet from the International Biking Fund.
There are three aspects to transportation colonialism. First is top-down approach you describe effectively. Second is the result of developing countries literally copying and/or accepting as "developed" the infrastructure models of their (former) colonial rulers. Third is the ongoing psychology were people in the Global South continue to adopt the transportation aspirations of foreign cultures – specifically: private cars as status symbols. Here in Madagascar, a car is a conspicuous badge of honor signaling to your family and friends that you have made it into the middle class (or even a more elite class) – definitely the top 5 percent.
To frame these as forms of "colonialism" decodes all of the phenomena in a single word.
Ben i am getting myself out of the newsletter, apologies more than condescending I am also getting uncivil and unpolite.
A polemic might be a good thing. Don't shy from it.
I first heard the term "transportation colonialism" in a 1989 pamphlet from the International Biking Fund.
There are three aspects to transportation colonialism. First is top-down approach you describe effectively. Second is the result of developing countries literally copying and/or accepting as "developed" the infrastructure models of their (former) colonial rulers. Third is the ongoing psychology were people in the Global South continue to adopt the transportation aspirations of foreign cultures – specifically: private cars as status symbols. Here in Madagascar, a car is a conspicuous badge of honor signaling to your family and friends that you have made it into the middle class (or even a more elite class) – definitely the top 5 percent.
To frame these as forms of "colonialism" decodes all of the phenomena in a single word.
hello, In Mexico have a program that could match as example for this topic. https://www.gob.mx/caminosrurales