Transport Matters: Integrated Approaches to Planning City-Regions / Edition 1

by Angela Hull

Overview

Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the problem of providing efficient and low energy transport systems which serve the needs of everybody.

It explores many of the new arguments, ideas and perceptions of mobility and accessibility in city-regions. Looking at evidence from Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany and the UK, it considers the meaning of the key concepts of sustainable accessibility, the spatial planning model, and integrated territorial policies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415458184
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/09/2010
Series:	RTPI Library Series
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Angela Hull is Professor of Spatial Planning at Heriot-Watt University and a former local authority town planner.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Time for Change? The Rationale for Low Energy Transport Provision 2. Understanding Current Patterns of Transport Behaviour in Europe 3. Sustainable Accessibility: New Wine in Old Bottles? 4. Institutional Structures for Low Energy Futures: Creating Integrated Approaches 5. Understanding the Institutional Barriers to Change 6. Intervention Instruments for Sustainable Transport Futures 7. Integrated Territorial Planning in Practice: Case Studies 8. Implementing a Sustainable Transport Package