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Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport

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Author/EditorMohan, Dinesh (Author)
Tiwari, Geetam (Author)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9781032091761
Pub Date30/06/2021
BindingPaperback
Pages299
Dimensions (mm)234(h) * 156(w)
Current urban transport is unsustainable, but good planning and engineering incentivize alternatives to private car use. These interdisciplinary essays from leading international experts in urban planning, transport and governance suit transport engineers and planners and students.
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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.

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.

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

Dinesh Mohan, Geetam Tiwari

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