Law, Engineering, and the American Right-of-Way Imagining a More Just Street /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Prytherch, David (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Sociology, Urban.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Human geography.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.; Human Geography.

This book explores the geography of the everyday roadway and contemplates how regulation and design shape our streets. People may question the hegemony of cars, but reimagining public streets is a major conceptual and technical challenge. Drawing from "new mobilities" and transport studies...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Rethinking the Street as Space of Mobility, Rights, and (In)justice
• 3. Legal Geographies of the American "Right-of-Way"
• 4. The Contested Right to the Right-of-Way
• 5. Engineering the Roadway as Space of Flow
• 6. Controlling the Roadway: Signs, Markings, and Signals
• 7. "Streets for Everyone:" Intermodal Equity and Complete Streets
• 8. "Creating Real Spaces for People:" Emerging Standards for Intermodal Design
• 9. The (Block-by-Block) Fight for A More Just American Street
• 10. Towards an Equitable and Livable Street.