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The End of Automobile Dependence: How Cities are Moving Beyond Car-Based Planning
Peter Newman
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Paperback. Looks 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. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 page colour insert. BIC Classification: RNU; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
This book offers new guidance for urban and transportation planners and urban policy makers on how to accelerate development of cities away from automobile dependence. 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 ... Read more
This book offers new guidance for urban and transportation planners and urban policy makers on how to accelerate development of cities away from automobile dependence. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
597g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781610914635
SKU
V9781610914635
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Peter Newman
Peter Newman is Professor of Sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Institute (CUSP). He is a Lead Author for Transport on the IPCC and was awarded an Order of Australia for his contributions to urban design and sustainable transport. Jeffrey Kenworthy is Professor in Sustainable Cities in CUSP at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia and Guest Professor at the ... Read more
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