Mobility and Environment Humanists versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education
The transportation revolution does not simply mean taking a bus instead of a car. It means centering the political debate on the necessity to shift dramatically from a technical to a political culture, and from an economic development oriented policy to an environment centered one. A radical propos...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction: Technicians and humanists in the environmentalist debate on mobility and the city
- 2. Sustainable development: From fallacy to fraud
- 3. Technologies, problems, solutions
- 4. Mobility and the corporatist society
- 5. Traffic planning critique
- 6. Urban space and mobility policies in Europe and in North America
- 7. Northern Virginia Transport Authority ‘Trans-Action 2010’ Plan. A case study
- 8. Ethical aspects in traffic planning
- 9. Education and training of traffic professionals
- 10 Planning approaches
- 11. Some procedures and some content
- 12. What to do?
- 13. Between private and public: mutual transportation
- Bibliography
- Index