Urban Transport Environment and Equity

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Urban Transport Environment and Equity

The Case for Developing Countries

Interdisciplinary studies Urban and municipal planning and policy Transport planning and policy Civil engineering, surveying and building

Author: Eduardo Alcantara Vasconcellos

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 1st May 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 5 Mb

ISBN: 9781134201419


Introduction

Traditional transport planning has generated transport systems that propagate an unfair distribution of accessibility and have environmental and safety issues.

Focus of the Book

This book highlights the importance of social and political aspects of transport policy and provides a methodology to support this approach.

Key Emphasis

It emphasizes the importance of co-ordinating urban, transport and traffic planning, and addresses the major challenge of modifying the building and use of roads.

Author's Suggestions

The author makes suggestions for innovative and radical new measures towards an equitable and sustainable urban environment.

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