TRANSPORTATION AND CENTRAL CITIES: ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES

Environmental protection and quality-of-life issues are an important part of the public policy agenda in the United States. Issues such as air and water pollution, exposure to toxic chemicals, and threats to endangered species have dominated the public discourse on the environment over the past several decades. Nevertheless, it has long been recognized that the urban, built environment is also critical to quality of life for most Americans, and recently, urban environmental and quality-of-life issues are beginning to command more attention. In this paper, transportation and its relation to environmental and quality-of-life issues faced by large cities, in particular the central cities of the largest metropolitan areas of the United States, are examined. Our changing conceptions of environmental quality and its relation to human well-being are briefly examined. Environmental and quality-of-life issues that commonly arise in the central cities of large metropolitan areas are outlined. Emerging initiatives for addressing these issues in a manner that reflects the growing understanding of the interrelationships among social factors, the economy, and the environment are reviewed. Possible research initiatives and other next steps are proposed.

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• Authors:
  • Deakin, E
• Conference:
  • Transportation Issues in Large U.S. Cities
  • Location: Detroit, Michigan
  • Date: 1998-6-28 to 1998-6-30
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 65-84
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN LARGE U.S. CITIES. PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, JUNE 28-30, 1998
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Economic and social factors; Environmental protection; Metropolitan areas; Quality of life; Research; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764628
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906550X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 4 1999 12:00AM