While our rural forebears’ lives were centered around the village, we, without even thinking about it, lead a life of perpetual movement in and through space.

But will we still have the right to be mobile tomorrow ? Or will we be condemned to immobility due to oil shortages, the questioning of nuclear energy and the effects of global warming ?

20 economists, political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists and 20 architects, artists and illustrators from around the world paint a striking picture of the role and impact that movement and new information technologies have on our lives, inviting us to reconsider the relationship between travel and mobility.This richly illustrated work is indispensable for understanding the political and social issues surrounding mobility