The end of automobile dependence :
Newman, Peter, 1945-
The end of automobile dependence : how cities are moving beyond car-based planning / How cities are moving beyond car-based planning Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy. - 2015 - xvi, 300 pages : illustrations some color, maps some color ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-288) and index.
In The End of Automobile Dependence, Newman and Kenworthy look at how we can accelerate a planning approach to designing urban environments that can function reliably and conveniently on alternative modes, with a refined and more civilized automobile playing a very much reduced and manageable role in urban transportation. The authors examine the rise and fall of automobile dependence using updated data on 44 global cities to better understand how to facilitate and guide cities to the most productive and sustainable outcomes.
9781610914635
2014958512
Urban transportation policy.
Urban transportation--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Land use, Urban.
Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION--Public Transportation.
Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
Land use, Urban.
Sustainable development.
Urban transportation--Environmental aspects.
Urban transportation policy.
Print books.
HE305 / .N482 2015
The end of automobile dependence : how cities are moving beyond car-based planning / How cities are moving beyond car-based planning Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy. - 2015 - xvi, 300 pages : illustrations some color, maps some color ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-288) and index.
In The End of Automobile Dependence, Newman and Kenworthy look at how we can accelerate a planning approach to designing urban environments that can function reliably and conveniently on alternative modes, with a refined and more civilized automobile playing a very much reduced and manageable role in urban transportation. The authors examine the rise and fall of automobile dependence using updated data on 44 global cities to better understand how to facilitate and guide cities to the most productive and sustainable outcomes.
9781610914635
2014958512
Urban transportation policy.
Urban transportation--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Land use, Urban.
Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION--Public Transportation.
Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
Land use, Urban.
Sustainable development.
Urban transportation--Environmental aspects.
Urban transportation policy.
Print books.
HE305 / .N482 2015