Land use, transportation and environmental quality : interactions and smart growth strategies / Joel Thorsen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thorsen, Joel.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Environmental Research Advances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Planning--Environmental aspects.

Land use.

Transportation--Planning--Environmental aspects.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova PublishersYork, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Decisions about how and where we build our communities have significant impacts on the natural environment and on human health. Cities, regions, states, and the private sector need information about the environmental effects of their land use and transportation decisions to mitigate growth-related environmental impacts and to improve community quality of life and human health. This book discusses the status of and trends in land use, development, and transportation, and their environmental implications. This book also articulates the current understanding of the relationship between the built

Contents:

""LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: INTERACTIONS AND SMART GROWTH STRATEGIES""; ""LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: INTERACTIONS AND SMART GROWTH STRATEGIES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: OUR BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS: A TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE INTERACTIONS AMONG LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (SECOND EDITION)""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION""; ""SECTION 2. STATUS OF AND TRENDS IN LAND USE, BUILDINGS, AND TRAVEL BEHAVIOR""

""SECTION 3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRENDS IN LAND USE, BUILDINGS, AND VEHICLE TRAVEL""""SECTION 4. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""WORKS CITED""; ""Chapter 2: CREATING EQUITABLE, HEALTHY, AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: STRATEGIES FOR ADVANCING SMART GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""STRATEGIES LINKING SMART GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT""; ""SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION""; ""SECTION 2: CHALLENGES TO EQUITABLE, HEALTHY, AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES""

""ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CONCERNS""""DISINVESTMENT IN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES""; ""DISPLACEMENT""; ""COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERMENT, AND CAPACITY""; ""SECTION 3: STRATEGIES LINKING SMART GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT""; ""MINIMIZING DISPLACEMENT: AN EARLY PRIORITY IN REVITALIZATION""; ""ENGAGEMENT IN PLANNING AND LAND USE DECISIONS""; ""HOLD COMMUNITY PLANNING AND VISIONING WORKSHOPS""; ""PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH AND A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT""; ""REDUCE EXPOSURE TO FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS""

""REDUCE EXPOSURE TO GOODS MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES""""CLEAN AND REUSE CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES""; ""PROMOTE GREEN BUILDING""; ""BUILD GREEN STREETS""; ""STRENGTHEN EXISTING COMMUNITIES""; ""FIX EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST""; ""REUSE VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES""; ""REDEVELOP COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS""; ""PROVIDE HOUSING CHOICES""; ""CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING""; ""PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS""; ""PROVIDE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION""; ""IMPLEMENT EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT""; ""DESIGN SAFE STREETS FOR ALL USERS""; ""IMPROVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND DAILY NECESSITIES""

""PRESERVE AND BUILD ON THE FEATURES THAT MAKE A COMMUNITY DISTINCTIVE""""CONCLUSION""; ""RESOURCE GUIDE""; ""CASE STUDY REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-775-7