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Handbook on transport and development / edited by Robin Hickman, University College London, UK, Moshe Givoni, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, David Bonilla, University of Oxford, UK, David Banister, University of Oxford, UK.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Transportation.
- Cities and towns--Growth--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Cities and towns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (724 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This Handbook provides an extensive overview of the relationships between transport and development. With 45 chapters from leading international authors, the book is organised in three main parts: urban structure and travel; transport and spatial impacts; and wider dimensions in transport and development. The chapters each present commentary on key issues within these themes, presenting the debate on the impacts of urban structure on travel, the impacts of transport investment on development, and social and cultural change on travel. A multitude of angles are considered - leaving the reader wi
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Editors and contributors; PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT; 1 The transport and development relationship; PART II URBAN STRUCTURE AND TRAVEL; 2 Urban structure and travel; 3 Urban passenger transport energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions: a global review and assessment of some reduction strategies; 4 Homes, jobs and commuting: development location and travel outcomes; 5 New household location and the commute to work: changes over time; 6 Spatial structure and travel: trends in commuting and non-commuting travels in US metropolitan areas
- 7 New urbanism and travel8 Residential location and travel: Hangzhou and Copenhagen compared to studies in cities worldwide; 9 Public transport-orientated development and network effects; 10 The effects of neighbourhood type and self-selection on driving: a case study of Northern California; 11 The role of attitudes in accounting for self-selection effects; 12 How stable are preferences for neighbourhood type and design in residential moves?; 13 Community design and active travel; 14 Street networks; PART III TRANSPORT AND SPATIAL IMPACTS; 15 Transport and urban development
- 16 Methods for estimating the economic impact of transportation improvements: an interpretive review17 Transport projects and wider economic impacts; 18 Urban freight: freight strategy, transport movements and the urban spatial economy; 19 Spatial implications of public transport investments in metropolitan areas: some empirical evidence regarding light rail and bus rapid transit; 20 High-speed trains and spatial-economic impacts: a British-French comparison on two scales: intra- and inter-regional; 21 Assessing the wider impacts of the Jubilee Line Extension in East London
- 22 The developmental impacts of the Madrid Metro Line 12 on retail activities around stations23 Bus rapid transit and buses with high levels of service: a global overview; 24 The expansion of large international hub airports; 25 Decision-making and major transport infrastructure projects: the role of project ownership; 26 Road pricing, impacts and cost-effectiveness; 27 Incomes, accessibility and transport poverty; 28 Development and social policy: the role of transport in social development, in the UK context
- 29 The car in the neighbourhood: residential design and social outcomes in southern Germany30 Accessibility: theory and practice in the Netherlands and UK; PART IV WIDER DIMENSIONS IN TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT; 31 More than A to B: cultures of mobilities and travel; 32 Car-fixation, socialization, and opportunities for change; 33 Telecommunications and travel; 34 E-retailing, the network society and travel; 35 Parents, children and automobility: trends, challenges and opportunities; 36 Old age and importance of the car in maintaining activity patterns in Scandinavia
- 37 Ageing populations and travel
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-85793-726-X
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