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Urban transportation

  • Megacity Mobility Cultureby Institute for Mobility Research

    Springer 2012; US$ 99.99

    What determines how cities move on? The ever-increasing challenges to urban mobility come in many forms, and approaches to address them range from the technically ingenious to attempts to change travel behaviour. Key amongst factors essential to the success of any such approach is whether the urban environment proves to be fertile ground for the desired... more...

  • Nachhaltige Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungby Johannes Meyer

    Springer 2012; US$ 39.99

    Ausgehend von den Grundlagen des Städtebaus beschäftigt sich dieser Titel mit dem besonderen Aspekt der Nachhaltigkeit in der aktuellen Stadt- und Verkehrsentwicklung und dem Umgang mit bestehenden städtebaulichen Strukturen. Die Themen Demographischer Wandel, Energieeinsparung, Umwelt- und  Klimaschutz... more...

  • Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Transportby Carey Curtis; Nicholas Low

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95

    Through an examination of transport planning in Australia, this book challenges conventional wisdom by showing, through original research, how 'car dependence' is as much an institutional as a technical phenomenon. The authors' case studies in three metropolitan cities show how transport policy has become institutionally fixated on a path... more...

  • Urban Transportation Planning in the United Statesby Edward Weiner

    Springer 2012; US$ 139.99

    The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past half-century illustrates the changing relationships among federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to today’s concerns over sustainable development,... more...

  • Stadtraum, Stadtlandschaft, Karteby Franziska Sick

    Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 63.92

    Hauptbeschreibung In literarischen Texten ist nicht nur die Handlung, sondern auch die Szene zu betrachten: Der Zugang zu Räumen, ihre Kodierung, ihre orientierende Funktion, oft auch ihre sperrige Verstelltheit bilden ein Widerstandsmoment, an dem Erzählen sich stets schon abarbeitete. Auch wenn der Begriff der Karte, der die rezente Diskussion... more...

  • Transport and Climate Changeby Tim Ryley; Lee Chapman

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 154.95

    This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the ‘Transport & Climate Change’ session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on the relationship between transport and climate... more...

  • Transport Development in Asian Megacitiesby Shigeru Morichi; Surya Raj Acharya

    Springer 2012; US$ 79.99

    The 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...

  • Lost Londonby Richard Guard

    Michael O' Mara Books 2012; US$ 9.99

    A 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 Transport, Mobility Management and Travel Plansby Marcus Enoch

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95

    Charting the development of the travel plan as a concept, this book draws on a range of research-based contributions to determine the state-of-the-art and to explore a series of future scenarios in this area for practitioners and policy makers. Marcus Enoch breaks down the travel plan concept into four axes related to its development; namely, segment,... more...

  • Shift Ageby David Houle

    Sourcebooks, Inc. 2011; US$ 16.99

    The Shift Age is about humanity's new ere. As the Information Age gives way to the Shift Age, we are entering a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. Originally published in 2007, David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that already have reshaped and will continue to reshape our... more...