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Institutional barriers to sustainable transport /

Through an examination of transport planning in Australia, this book challenges conventional wisdom by showing, through original research, how 'car dependence' is as much an institutional as a technical phenomenon. The authors' case studies in three metropolitan cities show how transp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Carey
Otros Autores: Low, Nicholas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Colección:Transport and mobility series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Through an examination of transport planning in Australia, this book challenges conventional wisdom by showing, through original research, how 'car dependence' is as much an institutional as a technical phenomenon. The authors' case studies in three metropolitan cities show how transport policy has become institutionally fixated on a path dominated by private, road-based transport and how policy systems become encrusted around investment to accommodate private cars, erecting an impenetrable barrier against more sustainable mobility and accessibility solutions. The findings are applicable to most cities of the developed world, and to fields beyond transport planning.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
ISBN:9780754693901
0754693902
1283591006
9781283591003
9781409484103
1409484106