Main entry:

Newman, Peter, 1945-

Title & Author:

Sustainability and cities : overcoming automobile dependence / Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1999.

Description:

xviii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-422) and index.
Ch. 1. The Concept of Sustainability and its Relationship to Cities -- Ch. 2. The Problem of Automobile Dependence at the End of the Twentieth Century -- Ch. 3. The Pattern of Automobile Dependence and Global Cities -- Ch. 4. A Vision of Reduced Automobile Dependence -- Ch. 5. Greening the Automobile-dependent City -- Ch. 6. Promoting Sustainable Urban Change -- Ch. 7. Ethics, Spirituality, and Community in the Sustainable City -- Ch. 8. Summary and Conclusions -- App. 1. Data and Methodology for the Thirty-seven-city Study for the World Bank -- App. 2. Growth Management Approaches and Guidelines -- App. 3. A Checklist for City Sustainability Using Economic Efficiency, Social Equity, Environmental Responsibility, and Human Livability Criteria.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Sustainability and Cities examines the urban aspect of sustainability issues, arguing that cities are a necessary focus for that global agenda. The authors make the case that the essential character of a city's land use results how it manages its transportation, and that only by reducing our automobile dependence will we be able to successfully accomodate all elements of the sustainability agenda. The authors consider the changing urban economy in the information age, and describe the extent of automobile dependence worldwide. They provide an updated survey of global cities that examines a range of sustainability factors and indicators, and, using a series of case studies, demonstrate how cities around the world are overcoming the problem of automobile dependence. They also examine the connections among transportation and other issues -- including water use and cycling, waste management, and greening the urban landscape -- and explain how all elements of sustainability can be managed simultaneously. The authors end with a consideration of how professional planners can promote the sustainability agenda, and the ethical base needed to ensure that this critical set of issues is taken seriously in the world's cities.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

1559636602 (alk. paper)
9781559636605 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban transportation policy.
Urban transportation Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Land use, Urban.
Automobiles Environmental aspects.
Transports urbains Politique gouvernementale.
Transports urbains Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Utilisation urbaine du sol.
Automobiles Aspect de l'environnement.
sustainable development.
urban land use.
74.72 urban planning.
Transport urbain.
Automobiles.
Infrastructure des transports.
Individualverkehr
Stadtverkehr
Stadtplanung
Verkehrsplanung
Nachhaltigkeit
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Autogebruik.
Vervoersbeleid.
Stadsplanning.

Form/genre:

Book

Added entries:

Kenworthy, Jeffrey R., 1955-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216055
Call No.: HE305 .N4 1999
Status: Available