Cole Hendrigan

A Future of Polycentric Cities (eBook, PDF)

How Urban Life, Land Supply, Smart Technologies and Sustainable Transport Are Reshaping Cities

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Dr Cole Hendrigan examines the options for sustainable transport and land-use planning based on building heights, mixes of land-use, transportation mode capacity and others to build the next generation of parks, housing, commercial and retail spaces along high-capacity rail corridors. Following the paradigm of 'Transit Oriented Development', Dr Hendrigan provides unique knowledge and insights on how to best make the transition towards more sustainable and livable cities, offering a practical method to better integrate transport and urban development to this end.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 377
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811391699
• Artikelnr.: 57777810

Autorenporträt

Dr Cole Hendrigan has an array of private consulting experience, government positions, academic research and personal observations in the field of urban development. He has worked in urban design offices in Vancouver, Calgary, and Abu Dhabi and twice worked in local governments in public realm amenity provision. He has travelled extensively through most continents, but particularly to neighborhoods beyond the ends of rail lines, to find the places where people live who make a city operate.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Freedom in Cities.- Chapter 2 Smart Cities and Smart Citizens: Are They the Same?.- Chapter 3 Global City Shaping.- Chapter 4 Research and Results.- Chapter 5 Analysis and Discussion.- Chapter 6 Conclusion: The Transit Oriented Region.- Bibliography.- Appendices.