Nicole Foletta

Low Car(bon) Communities (eBook, PDF)

Inspiring car-free and car-lite urban futures

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Low Car(bon) Communities examines seven case studies in Europe and the United States that aim explicitly to reduce dependency on cars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317577379
• Artikelnr.: 44782958

Autorenporträt

Nicole Foletta has worked in the field of transportation planning for over ten years under a variety of contexts, from public to private sector, with experience in both Europe and the United States. She is currently a Principal Planner with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District in Oakland, CA. Prior to this position, she worked as a Senior Transportation Planner at Fehr & Peers transportation consultants in San Francisco, bringing a focus on improving communities and finding innovative solutions that promote sustainable principles.

Jason Henderson is a Geography Professor at San Francisco State University, USA. His research and teaching include transportation and land use, with an emphasis on how culture and politics shape urban transportation policy. His book Street Fight: The Politics of Mobility in San Francisco (University of Massachusetts Press 2013) examines debates over freeway removal, parking, bicycle politics, and transit finance.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why Low Car(bon)? Global Warming, Cars, and Cities
2. Amsterdam: GWL Terrein Case Study
3. Freiburg: Vauban Case Study
4. San Francisco: Market and Octavia Case Study
5. Stockholm: Hammarby Sjöstad Case Study
6. Malmö: Västra Hamnen Case Study
7. London: Greenwich Millennium Village Case Study
8. The Randstad: Houten Case Study
9. Conclusions and Lessons Learned