An Integrated Model of Transport and Urban Evolution: With an Application to a Metropole of an Emerging Nation

ISBN-13: 9783642643170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 186 str.

Wolfgang Weidlich; G. Nter Haag; F. Englmann

Opis

Gone are the days when mobility was nearly always a question of having a vehicle. Today the issue of road capacity is becoming ever more pressing. Even the safest, most comfortable and 100% emissions-free vehicle is only of limited use if it is stuck in a traffic jam. Mobility is a key human need and an important factor in the economy. It is a matter of logic that a com pany like DaimlerChrysler should make every endeavor to safeguard mo bility, thereby fulfilling humanity's economic, social and environmental needs. Nonetheless, traffic and mobility problems are the inevitable result of a concentration of people and markets. Bombay, Lagos, Shanghai, Jakarta, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Mexico City - virtually half of the world's population is urban-based, and the majority live in the metropolitan regions of the Third World. The mega-cities in the so-called developing nations are facing a dramatic increase in traffic levels. Gridlock looms on the horizon. Should traffic-choked streets become a permanent and daily occurrence, economic development will be held in check and pollution will spiral."

Spis treści

Prefaces.- Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. China in a State of Flux; 3. Nanjing City and Greater Nanjing; 4. Traffic Development in China (Especially Within the Region of Nanjing).- Part II: 5. The Integrated Transport and Evolution Model; 6. The Data Situation of Nanjing; 7. Adaptation of ITEM to the Specific Data Situation of Nanjing.- Part III: 8. Methodology (Analysis and Forecasting) of the Traffic and Urban/Regional Situation of Nanjing City; 9. Analysis of the Transport System and of the Population Development; 10. Forecasting of the Traffic and Urban/Regional Development of Nanjing City for Different Scenarios; 11. Summary and Recommendations.- Acknowledgement.- Appendices.- References