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Sustainable transport : planning for walking and cycling in urban environments /
Cycling and walking are both essential components in sustainable transport strategy and are becoming an ever more important part of urban planning. There is now a wealth of international experience of how well sustainable planning works in practice and how it can be improved. With a wide range of co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England ; Boca Raton, Florida :
Woodhead Publishing Limited : CRC Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in environmental management.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Related titles:; Sustainable Transport: Planning for Walking and Cycling in Urban Environments; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributor contact details; Introduction: talking the talk but not walking the walk; Part I: Principles; Chapter 1. Ecological footprints and urban transportation; 1.1 Introduction: The new global context for local planning; 1.2 The human 'ecological footprint'; 1.3 The eco-footprints of cities; 1.4 Global overshoot; 1.5 'Factor-10' reductions; 1.6 Eco-fiscal reform; 1.7 The values-and-lifestyle option.
- 1.8 Cities, transportation and urban form1.9 Good planning needs both carrots and sticks; 1.10 Cities, cycling and sense; 1.11 Does it work? The case of Freiburg, Germany; 1.12 Conclusion; 1.13 Acknowledgement; 1.14 References; Chapter 2. The relevance of climate change to future policy on walking and cycling; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The implications of climate change; 2.3 Sharing responsibility; 2.4 The role of transport; 2.5 A conflict of objectives: growth or sustainability; 2.6 Unwelcome obstacles and fallacious assumptions; 2.7 Discussion; 2.8 Conclusions; 2.9 References.
- Chapter 3. The role of non-motorised modes in an environmentally sustainable transport system3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Business-as-usual transport trends in The Netherlands; 3.3 A vision of an environmentally sustainable transport system; 3.4 An implementation pathway for environmentally sustainable transport; 3.5 Economic and social impact of sustainable transport; 3.6 Conclusions; 3.7 References; Chapter 4. Walking in a historical, international and contemporary context; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 History of walking in cities; 4.3 Walking cities; 4.4 Transit cities; 4.5 Automobile cities.
- 4.6 Re-urbanisation and the 'knowledge-based' city4.7 Conclusions; 4.8 References; Chapter 5. Does anyone walk anymore?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The modal share o f walking and cycling; 5.3 Constants and variables; 5.4 Life cycle groups; 5.5 Conclusions; 5.6 References; Chapter 6. The decline of everyday walking in the UK: explanations and policy implications; 6.1 Introduction: the role of walking in transport policy; 6.2 The importance of walking as a mode of transport; 6.3 Factors affecting walking as a mode of transport: a review of the literature.
- 6.4 Alternative perspectives on the decline of walking6.5 Conclusions; 6.6 References; Chapter 7. Visions for city traffic and mobility; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Motorisation; 7.3 Disengagement of car use from car ownership; 7.4 Choice of transport mode; 7.5 A quantum leap in alternative transportation; 7.6 The city of short trips; 7.7 A new myth?; 7.8 References; Chapter 8. Winning back public space; 8.1 Traditional uses of public space: meeting place, market-place and traffic space; 8.2 Current uses of public space; 8.3 The traditional city; 8.4 The invaded city; 8.5 The abandoned city.