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Megacity Mobility Culture
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99What 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 Verkehrsplanung
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99Ausgehend 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 Transport
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95Through 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 States
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99The 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 todays concerns over sustainable development,... more...
Stadtraum, Stadtlandschaft, Karte
Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 63.92Hauptbeschreibung 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 Change
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 154.95This 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 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...
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 Transport, Mobility Management and Travel Plans
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95Charting 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 Age
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2011; US$ 16.99The 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...









