Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport
Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport

Author: Dinesh Mohan

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1351004840

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As cities become increasingly congested, current transport patterns are unsustainable: heavy in energy use, high in economic and environmental cost, and exacerbating inequity between those who can access high-speed travel and those who cannot. Good urban planning develops human-scale cities and encourages modes such as bicycles, increased zones exclusive to pedestrians within cities, and changed fiscal policies to incentivize public over private transport. Equally, it requires good engineering design to manage road use. Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport brings together contributions from leading international experts in urban planning, transport, and governance who suggest changes to make our cities more sustainable in the face of climate change. All professionals working in transport and engineering and planning students will find an overview of a broad field in this interdisciplinary collection of essays.

Metronama: Scenes from the Delhi Metro
Metronama: Scenes from the Delhi Metro

Author: Rashmi Sadana

Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited

Published: 2022-01-21

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9392130104

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Rashmi Sadana is Associate Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University and author of English Heart, Hindi Heartland: The Political Life of Literature in India.

Environmental Limits to Motorisation
Environmental Limits to Motorisation

Author: Urs Heierli

Publisher: Skat

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13:

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This book examines non-motorised transport - bicycles, rickshaws, electric vehicles - as a decisive component in a new strategy for urban development in both developing and developed countries. It provides useful case studies, tables and many illustrations.

Megacity Slums: Social Exclusion, Space And Urban Policies In Brazil And India
Megacity Slums: Social Exclusion, Space And Urban Policies In Brazil And India

Author: Marie-caroline Saglio-yatzimirsky

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1908979615

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This book looks at slums and social exclusion in the four major megacities of India and Brazil, and analyzes the interrelationships between urban policies and housing and environmental issues. In Delhi, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the challenges they pose have spurred public actors into action through housing, rehabilitation and conservation programs, not to mention civil society and the inhabitants themselves. On the other hand, one must wonder whether these challenges were partly created by the deficiencies of these very public actors and civil society, be it their lack of intervention (as advocates of government intervention would argue), or the flaws and inadequacies of their actions (as supporters of the free market would suggest). Are policies alleviating or aggravating social exclusion? This book explores these questions and more.