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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poli, Corrado (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Human geography.
Sustainability.
Science-Philosophy.
Human Geography.
Philosophy of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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