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The end of automobile dependence : how cities are moving beyond car-based planning / Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy.

Newman, Peter, 1945- (author.). Kenworthy, Jeffrey R., 1955- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781610914635
ISBN: 1610914635
ISBN: 9781610914628
ISBN: 1610914627
Physical Description: xvi, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The rise and fall of automobile dependence -- Urban transportation patterns and trends in global cities -- Emerging cities and automobile dependence -- The theory of urban fabrics: understanding the end of automobile dependence -- Transportation planning: hindrance or help? -- Overcoming barriers to the end of automobile dependence -- The end of automobile dependence: a troubling prognosis? -- Conclusion: Life after automobile dependence.