Sustainability and Cities Overcoming Automobile Dependence

Name: Sustainability and Cities Overcoming Automobile Dependence
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ISBN: 9781559636605

ISBN-10: 1559636602

ISBN-13: 9781559636605

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy, Jeffrey Kenworthy

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Our dependence on cars is a huge problem - but the authors argue that it can be overcome and a new form of urban organisation developed. They examine the trends which shape global cities and establishes transport priorities within this framework.

Book details

List price: $75.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 2/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 461
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Concept of Sustainability and its Relationship to Cities



The Problem of Automobile Dependence at the End of the Twentieth Century



The Pattern of Automobile Dependence and Global Cities



A Vision of Reduced Automobile Dependence



Greening the Automobile-dependent City



Promoting Sustainable Urban Change



Ethics, Spirituality, and Community in the Sustainable City



Summary and Conclusions



Data and Methodology for the Thirty-seven-city Study for the World Bank



Growth Management Approaches and Guidelines



A Checklist for City Sustainability Using Economic Efficiency, Social Equity, Environmental Responsibility, and Human Livability Criteria



An Economic Impact Statement for Urban Development



Guidelines for New Urbanism Developments (The Ahwahnee Principles)



A Guide to the Provision of Better Transit and Land Use Integration in Auto Cities


References


Index