Main entry:

Hass-Klau, Carmen.

Title & Author:

The pedestrian and the city / Carmen Hass-Klau.

Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Description:

xxiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
Foreword / by Professor Phil Goodwin -- From innovative street layouts to the fight against urban motorways in the United States -- Motorization and footpath planning during the third reich -- The role of the pedestrian after the second world war in West Germany: the early years -- Pedestrianization, public transport and traffic calming in West Germany -- The 'better Germany'? Urban planning, transport and pedestrian-friendly devices in East Germany -- The British approach toward road transport and the pedestrian in urban areas from the 1940s to the early 1970s -- British attempts to achieve better walking conditions in the late 1970s to the 1990s -- Walking in Great Britain and the greater London case study -- Walking in Germany: is there progress? -- The Nordic approach: Denmark -- Further north: Norway -- The United States and Canada: an overview of walking research and policies -- Walking in the United States: a European view: the leaders -- Walking in the United States: a European view: the followers -- The future of walking.

Summary:

The Pedestrian and the City provides an overview of and insight into the development and politics of, and policies on, walking and pedestrians: it covers the evolution of pedestrian-friendly housing estates and the attempts to create independent pedestrian footpaths from the nineteenth century up to the present day. Key issues addressed are the fight against urban motorways, the destruction of walkable neighbourhoods through road building, the struggle of pedestrianization, and the popularity of traffic calming as a powerful policy for reducing pedestrian accidents.

ISBN:

9780415814393 (hbk.)
0415814391 (hbk.)
9780415814409 (pbk.)
0415814405 (pbk.)
(ebk)
9780203067390

Subject:

Pedestrians.
Pedestrian traffic flow Planning.
Pedestrian areas Planning.
Streets Planning.
City traffic Planning.
Piétons.
Circulation des piétons Planification.
Rues Planification.
Circulation urbaine Planification.
pedestrians.
Town planning
Overseas item
International comparisons

Form/genre:

Statistics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289342
Call No.: BIB 231707
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available