Overview

As cities become increasingly congested, current transport patterns are unsustainable: heavy in energy use, high in economic and environmental cost, and exacerbating inequity between those who can access high-speed travel and those who cannot. Good urban planning develops human-scale cities and encourages modes such as bicycles, increased zones exclusive to pedestrians within cities, and changed fiscal policies to incentivize public over private transport. Equally, it requires good engineering design to manage road use. Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport brings together contributions from leading international experts in urban planning, transport, and governance who suggest changes to make our cities more sustainable in the face of climate change. All professionals working in transport and engineering and planning students will find an overview of a broad field in this interdisciplinary collection of essays.

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Author:   Dinesh Mohan ,  Geetam Tiwari
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.471kg
ISBN:  

9781032091761

ISBN 10:   1032091762
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Urban Transportation Planning 2. From Myth to Science in Urban and Transport Planning: From Uncontrolled to Controlled and Responsible Urban Development in Transport Planning 3. The Neo-Liberal Urban Development Paradigm and Transport-Related Civil Society Responses in Karachi, Pakistan 4. City Design and Transport: Observations at Different Urban Scales 5. Urban Layouts, Densities and Transportation Planning 6. Coming to Terms with the Complexity of Indian Urbanism 7. Urban Mobility: Is Anyone in Charge? 8. Railroading the Rules: Transport, Government, and Stakeholders 9. City Governance and Effectiveness 10. Alternative Transport Policies for Personal Public Transport: Lessons Learned 11. The Changeable Shape of the City 12. Moving Transport: Injecting Transportation Planning in Nairobi’s Metropolitan Land-Use Agenda 13. Urban Public Transport and Economic Development 14. Urban Mobility in China: Developments in the Past 20 Years 15. The Potential of Casualty Prevention in Road Traffic 16. Health Effects of Transport 17. Traffic Safety, City Structure, Technology and Health 18. Paratransit, Taxis and Non-Motorised Transport: A Review of Policy Debates and Challenges 19. Paratransit and Non-Motorized Traffic as Mainstream Road Users 20. Politics of Mobility and the Science (?) of Sustainability

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'The contributors to this volume bring to us the depth and diversity of the challenge we face in the way cities are conceived, adapted, designed, developed, and managed in a world confronted with increasing road accident fatalities, and disease and death due to climate change and atmospheric pollution. These contributions should help policy makers and researchers to better equip them for the road ahead.' - Planning in London

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