Sustainability and cities : overcoming automobile dependence
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Sustainability and cities : overcoming automobile dependence
Island Press, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-422) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- The concept of sustainability and its relationship to cities
- the problem of automobile dependence at the end of the 20th century
- the pattern of automobile dependence and global cities
- a vision of reduced automobile dependence
- greening the automobile-dependent city - urban ecology and auto dependence
- promoting sustainable urban change
- ethics, spirituality and community in the city.
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