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Beyond mobility = planning cities for people and places /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Beyond mobility/ by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al.
Reminder of title:	planning cities for people and places /
Author:	Cervero, Robert.
other author:	Guerra, Erick.
Published:	Washington, DC :Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : : 2017.,
Description:	xii, 278 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	City planning - Social aspects. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-835-0
ISBN:	9781610918350

Beyond mobility = planning cities for people and places /
Cervero, Robert.

Beyond mobilityplanning cities for people and places /[electronic resource] :by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al. - Washington, DC :Island Press/Center for Resource Economics :2017. - xii, 278 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly--and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates more than 1.25 million fatalities directly through traffic collisions. Worldwide, 3.2 million people died prematurely in 2010 because of air pollution, four times as many as a decade earlier. Instead of planning primarily for mobility, our cities should focus on the safety, health, and access of the people in them. This volume is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates better communities, environments, and economies. Rethinking how projects are planned and designed in cities and suburbs needs to occur at multiple geographic scales, from micro-designs (such as parklets), corridors (such as road-diets), and city-regions (such as an urban growth boundary) It can involve both software (a shift in policy) and hardware (a physical transformation) Moving beyond mobility must also be socially inclusive, a significant challenge in light of the price increases that typically result from creating higher quality urban spaces. There are many examples of communities across the globe working to create a seamless fit between transit and surrounding land uses, retrofit car-oriented suburbs, reclaim surplus or dangerous roadways for other activities, and revitalize neglected urban spaces like abandoned railways in urban centers. The authors draw on experiences and data from a range of cities and countries around the globe in making the case for moving beyond mobility. Throughout the book, they provide an optimistic outlook about the potential to transform places for the better. This book celebrates the growing demand for a shift in global thinking around place and mobility in creating better communities, environments, and economies.

ISBN: 9781610918350

Standard No.: 10.5822/978-1-61091-835-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

658129
City planning
--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: HT166

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1216

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