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Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence (Paperback)
$57.40 - Save $3.02 (4%) - RRP $60.42 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Sustainability and CitiesOur dependence on cars is a huge problem, but one the authors of this work argue can be overcome through the development of a new form of urban organization. The text examines the trends shaping global cities and established transport, economic and cultural priorities within this framework.
Full description- Publisher: Island Press
- Published: 01 February 1999
- Format: Paperback 450 pages
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- Categories: City & Town Planning - Architectural Aspects | Central Government Policies | Transport Industries | Sustainability | Urban & Municipal Planning | Transport Planning & Policy | Transport | Motor Cars
- ISBN 13: 9781559636605 ISBN 10: 1559636602
- Sales rank: 361,545
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Full description for Sustainability and Cities
Our dependence on cars is a huge problem - one of the most difficult facing planners and city authorities as well as residents and commuters - but the authors of this work argue that it can be overcome and a new form of urban organization developed. The text examines the trends which shape global cities and establishes transport, economic and cultural priorities within this framework. With profiles of successful working examples from across the globe, it shows how we can overcome automobile dependence and successfully tackle issues on the sustainability agenda. It provides a resource for urban and transport planners as well as students and researchers.
