SUSTAINABILITY AND CITIES: OVERCOMING AUTOMOBILE DEPENDENCE

The book examines the urban aspect of sustainability issues, arguing that cities are a necessary focus for that global agenda. The authors make the case that the essential caracter of a city's land use results from how it manages its transportation, and that only by reducing our automobile dependence will we be able to successfully accommodate all elements of the sustainability agenda. The table of contents lists the following chapter headings: Chapter 1 - The Concept of Sustainability and Its Relationship to Cities; Chapter 2 - The Problem of Automobile Dependence at the End of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 3 - The Pattern of Automobile Dependence and Global Cities; Chapter 4 - A Vision of Reduced Automobile Dependence; Chapter 5 - Greening the Automobile Dependent City; Chapter 6 - Promoting Sustainable Urban Change; and Chapter 7 - Ethics, Spirituality, and Community in the Sustainable City.

• Corporate Authors:

  Island Press

  1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300
  Washington, DC  United States  20009-1148
• Authors:
  • NEWMAN, P
  • Kenworthy, J
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 460 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Automobiles; Cities; Communities; Ecology; Environmental protection; Ethics; Land use; Landscaping; Sustainable development; Urban development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dependence
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769563
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 8 1999 12:00AM