Urban Form and Accessibility
eBook - ePub

Urban Form and Accessibility

Social, Economic, and Environment Impacts

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Urban Form and Accessibility

Social, Economic, and Environment Impacts

About this book

The growth of global urbanization places great strains on energy, transportation, housing and public spaces needs. As such, transport and land use are inextricably linked. Urban Form and Accessibility: Social, Economic, and Environment Impacts consolidates key insights from multidisciplinary perspectives on the relationship between urban form and transportation planning. Synthesizing the latest cutting-edge research, the book translates academic evidence into practice. Starting with an overview of the key concepts relevant to each discipline, the book covers critical elements such as governance, travel behavior, and technological disruption, showing how to move towards a more sustainable society for all city inhabitants.- Draws on evidence-based success stories from countries around the globe- Gathers global leading thinkers to provide the state-of-the-art on the topic- Examines social, economic, and environmental impacts within each chapter- Each chapter's content will have the same structure for easier discoverability

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. About the authors
  7. Acknowledgment
  8. Chapter 1: Introduction
  9. Chapter 2: Cities, their form, and accessibility
  10. Chapter 3: Sustainable transport planning and residential segregation at the city scale
  11. Chapter 4: Governance, mobility, and the urban form
  12. Chapter 5: Emerging mobility technologies and transitions of urban space allocation in a Nordic governance context
  13. Chapter 6: Urban form and travel behavior: The interplay with residential self-selection and residential dissonance
  14. Chapter 7: Making place in the car-dependent city
  15. Chapter 8: Active accessibility and transit-oriented development: Connecting two sides of the same coin
  16. Chapter 9: Urban form and walkable environments
  17. Chapter 10: The potential for telecommuting to offer sustainable and resilient accessibility
  18. Chapter 11: School location, urban structure, and accessibility
  19. Chapter 12: Built environment and health
  20. Chapter 13: Transport, access, and health
  21. Chapter 14: Public transport equity outcomes through the lens of urban form
  22. Chapter 15: Urban expansion and mobility on the periphery in the global South
  23. Chapter 16: Who gains in a distance-based public transport fare scheme? Accessibility, urban form, and equity implications in Santiago, Chile
  24. Chapter 17: Urban form and public transport design
  25. Chapter 18: Innovative financial mechanisms for transport infrastructure in time of crisis: The case of London Crossrail
  26. Chapter 19: Dispersion of agglomeration through high-speed rail in China
  27. Chapter 20: City logistics and the urban environment
  28. Chapter 21: Accessibility, land use models, and modeling
  29. Index