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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Newman, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Kenworthy, Jeffrey (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Θέματα: Energy.; Transportation.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.