Moving People: Sustainable Transport Development

ISBN-13: 9781848130029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 272 str.

Paul Cox

Opis

This title provides an introduction to sustainable transport development through a series of case studies. It offers a practical way into the complexities of post-development theory and demonstrates that achieving equity and sustainability will require profound transformation.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Movement and Mobility 2. Sustainable Development and EcoMobility 3. The Problem of Car-dominance 4. Automobility and its Alternatives 5. The City as a System: Transport as Network 6. Mobility in the Mega-City: Delhi 7. Non Motorised Transport: Bicycles and other wheeled vehicles 8. Bicycle and NMT programmes in Action 9. Bicycles and Rickshaws in South Asia 10. Institutional changes Conclusions