Mobility and Environment Humanists versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Poli, Corrado (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Geography.; Philosophy and science.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Sustainable development.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Sustainable Development.; Philosophy of Science.

The transportation revolution does not simply mean taking a bus instead of a car.  It means centering the political debate on the necessity to shift dramatically from a technical to a political culture, and from an economic development oriented policy to an environment centered one. A radical propos...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• 1. Introduction: Technicians and humanists in the environmentalist debate on mobility and the city
• 2. Sustainable development: From fallacy to fraud
• 3. Technologies, problems, solutions
• 4. Mobility and the corporatist society
• 5. Traffic planning critique
• 6. Urban space and mobility policies in Europe and in North America
• 7. Northern Virginia Transport Authority ‘Trans-Action 2010’ Plan. A case study
• 8. Ethical aspects in traffic planning
• 9. Education and training of traffic professionals
• 10 Planning approaches
• 11. Some procedures and some content
• 12. What to do?
• 13. Between private and public: mutual transportation
• Bibliography
• Index.