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Eco-Cities and Green Transport

Delivers a systematic examination of cases from around the world showing how to build low-carbon and sustainable urban transportation systems

Huapu Lu (Author)

9780128215166, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 7 April 2020

408 pages, 400 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.63 kg

Eco-cities and Green Transport presents a systematic, uniform, and structured way to examine different cities at different scales in order to suggest unique solutions appropriate to each scale. The book examines city infrastructure and the built environment, transport system supply and demand, and transport behavior to offer innovative policy solutions for various transport modes. With end of chapter experiences and lessons summarized, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the advantages and disadvantages for transforming cities and their transport systems to meet residents current and future needs.

The increasingly rapid growth of global urbanization requires cities to be built in an ecologically sustainable, energy efficient, and livable way. A critical component in achieving these goals is an urban transportation system that uses natural resources as reasonably as possible. The outcome of a ten-year data collection research effort by the author and his team, the book sheds new insights into these challenges using a thorough investigation of traffic systems in 20 cities from 13 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Part 1: Transport Led, Integrated Urban Development1. Copenhagen, Denmark2. Stockholm, Sweden3. Singapore, Singapore4. Curitiba, Brazil

Part 2: Integrated Transportation System Using Public Transit5. Tokyo, Japan6. Paris, France7. Seoul, Korea8. New York, US9. London, England10. Amsterdam, Holland11. Munich, Germany12. Madrid, Spain

Part 3: City Construction with Charm, Ecology, Architectural Art, and Cultural Heritage13. San Francisco, US14. St Petersburg, Russia15. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Part 4: Boutique Towns with Natural Geographical Features16. Carmel, US17. Letchworth, UK18. Malmo, Sweden19. San Carlos, Brazil

Part 5: Lessons20. Los Angeles, US

Subject Areas: Transport: general interest [WG], Pollution control [TQK]

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