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Lost London
Michael O' Mara Books 2012; US$ 9.99A story of the London city as told through the buildings, parks and palaces that are no longer with us - places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, the leading venue for public entertainment for over 200 years, or the Palace of Whitehall which is the largest royal residence in Europe until it was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century. more...
Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context
Springer 2010; US$ 99.99Systems of transportation long ago developed out of the profound human need to connect and communicate. Transport today is still the only means for the physical movement of goods and people. Alongside the evolution of transportation and communication technologies, the astounding phenomenon of urbanization has taken place. Cities have grown faster and... more...
Transport Development in Asian Megacities
Springer 2012; US$ 79.99The rapid growth of the Asian urban population concentrates on a few large cities, turning them into giant megacities. Despite new theoretical insights into the benefits of megacities, the emerging Asia is facing a daunting challenge concerning the management of infrastructure and services in their megacities. The deteriorating urban mobility is the... more...
The Economics of Urban Transportation
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 69.95This timely new edition of Kenneth A. Small?s seminal textbook Urban Transportation Economics , co-authored with Erik T. Verhoef, has been fully updated, covering new areas such as parking policies, reliability of travel times, and the privatization of transportation services, as well as updated treatments of congestion modelling, environmental costs,... more...
Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 109.00This report examines the experiences of eleven European countries (including Russia) and the United States in designing and implementing sustainable urban transport policies. A series of national reports are included with a synthetic analysis that draws lessons on the design of successful policies, appropriate institutional and financial frameworks... more...
Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 46.00Hungary in its post-transition period finds itself struggling with several problems in its urban travel systems. Urban roads are increasingly crowded, and car ownership and use are rising. As in many neighbouring cities in Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary's cities are wrestling with how to maintain a highly favourable modal share for their well-developed... more...
Taking the High Road
Brookings Institution Press 2005; US$ 24.95"Examines the challenges facing U.S. cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas in light of the national debate on transportation policy--including finance, decisionmaking, access for the elderly and working poor, and congestion--and provides reform optionsthat speak to leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels"--Provided by publisher. more...
Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Greenwood Publishing Group 1999; US$ 111.00This work describes the evolution of urban transportation planning from its beginnings in early highway and transit planning to late-1990s concerns for the environment and sustainable development. The author discusses the influence of legislation, regulations and federal programmes. more...
Access to Destinations
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 103.00Much of land use and transportation planning aims to reduce traffic congestion. Comprehensive and policy relevant measures useful to land-use and transportation planning need to capture both land use and travel dimensions. This book focuses on the science and policy around the multi-modal concept of accessibility. more...
Urban Transport Development
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 129.99Urban Transport Development is a contribution to the ongoing global discussion on the future of urban transport. The main themes are how to cope with the complexity of urban transport development and the process of change including its determining factors. The role of leadership in the development process is the key issue. Main areas of discussion... more...









