Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:3472258 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3472258 N2 - Our dependence on cars is a huge problem - one of the most difficult facing planners and city authorities as well as residents and commuters - but the authors of this work argue that it can be overcome and a new form of urban organization developed. The text examines the trends which shape global cities and establishes transport, economic and cultural priorities within this framework. With profiles of successful working examples from across the globe, it shows how we can overcome automobile dependence and successfully tackle issues on the sustainability agenda. It provides a resource for urban and transport planners as well as students and researchers. SN - 1559636602 TI - Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence PB - Island Press KW - transit KW - transit_landuse N1 - Seems potentially light and fluffy from Google Books exerpts. Quite influential though. AU - Newman, Peter AU - Kenworthy, Jeffrey PY - 1999/02/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/1559636602 ER -