The End of Automobile Dependence How Cities Are Moving Beyond Car-Based Planning /

The End of Automobile Dependence How Cities Are Moving Beyond Car-Based Planning /

In this publication, Newman and Kenworthy look at how we can accelerate a planning approach to designing urban environments that can function reliably and conveniently on alternative modes. They consider a refined and more civilized automobile playing a very much reduced and manageable role in urban...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Newman, Peter (Author), Kenworthy, Jeffrey (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Energy.
Transportation.
Transportation engineering.
Traffic engineering.
Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The Trilogy
  • 1. The Rise and Fall of Automobile Dependence
  • 2: Urban Transportation Patterns and Trends in Global Cities
  • 3: Emerging Cities and Automobile Dependence..-4: The Theory of Urban Fabrics: Understanding the End of Automobile Dependence
  • 5: Transportation Planning: Hindrance or Help?
  • 6: Overcoming Barriers to the End of Automobile Dependence
  • 7: The End of Automobile Dependence: A Troubling Prognosis?
  • 8: Conclusion: Life after Automobile Dependence.

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