The end of automobile dependence
Subtitle: how cities are moving beyond car-based planning
By: Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy
Contributors: Kenworthy, Jeffrey R., 1955- author
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781610914635; 9781610914628
Subjects: Automobiles; Sustainable development; Urban Land use; Urban transportation; Urban transportation policy; Environmental aspects
Other titles: How cities are moving beyond car-based planning
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise and fall of automobile dependence --; title: Urban transportation patterns and trends in global cities --; title: Emerging cities and automobile dependence --; title: The theory of urban fabrics: understanding the end of automobile dependence --; title: Transportation planning: hindrance or help? --; title: Overcoming barriers to the end of automobile dependence --; title: The end of automobile dependence: a troubling prognosis? --; title: Conclusion: Life after automobile dependence.