Urban transport, environment and equity : The case for developing countries /
Vasconcellos, Eduardo Alcântara de,
Urban transport, environment and equity : The case for developing countries / Eduardo Alcântara Vasconcellos. - London, UK ; Sterling, VA. : Earthscan, 2001. - ix, 333 p. :
Part 1: Introduction--
1. Introduction--
Part 2: Current conditions of urban transport in developing countries--
2. Current transport and traffic conditions in developing countries; Introduction; The Availability of Transport Infrastructure and Means; Mobility and the Use of Transport Modes; Current Travel Conditions; Summary--
Part 3: How it happened--
3. Sociological and political approaches to transport. Comparing Traditional and Proposed ApproachesThe Basic Outline for a Sociological Approach--
4. The organization of urban space; Major Social and Political Forces and Constraints; Life, Mobility and Reproduction--
5. The city, the circulation system and urban transport policies; The City as a Built Environment; Reproduction and Transport; The Built Environment and Transport Policies--
6. The use of roads: the microphysics of space; Introduction; The Traditional Approach to Traffic Management; In Search of a New Approach; Consequences for Policy Analysis--
7. The political issue: agents in urban transport policyThe State and the Decision-Making Process; Agents in the Decision-Making Process--
8. The institutional issue; Urban Policies and Development; Urban Planning; Transport Planning; Traffic Management; How the Three Intervention Techniques Coexist; Conflicts in Policy Coordination: Examples--
9. The technical issue: traditional transport planning; Introduction; The Traditional Transport Planning Process; Critical Approaches to Conventional Transport Planning; The Transport Planning Process in Developing Countries--
10. Non-motorized transport. PedestriansCyclists--
11. Public transport; General Characteristics; Current Public Transport forms --
an Overview; A General Framework of Public Transport Regulation--
12. Private transport; Roots of the Issue; The Demand for Private Transport --
A Social and Economic Approach; State, Industry and Middle-Class Interests; The Use of Private Modes: Urban and Transport Conditions; The Making of New Middle-Class Cities--
13. Mobility; Mobility Factors; Mobility Issues--
14. Space, environment and energy; Transport Externalities; Space; Environment; Energy; Congestion; Combined Effects--
15. Traffic accidentsCurrent Conditions; A Social Perspective: Who Hits Whom; Alternative Approaches to Understanding Current Conditions--
16. The urban transport crisis in developing countries; Understanding Current Conditions; The Myths Which Sustained Traditional Intervention Techniques; Tendencies--
Part 4: Proposals--
17. Policy assumptions and principles; Introduction; Transport, Economic Development and Equity; Transport, Sustainability and Equity; Policy Constraints; Principles for Transport Policies in Developing Countries--
18. Proposals for urban planning.
185383727X ( 1853837261 (cloth)
Urban transportation--Developing countries.
Urban transportation--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.
Urban transportation policy--Developing countries.
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Urban transport, environment and equity : The case for developing countries / Eduardo Alcântara Vasconcellos. - London, UK ; Sterling, VA. : Earthscan, 2001. - ix, 333 p. :
Part 1: Introduction--
1. Introduction--
Part 2: Current conditions of urban transport in developing countries--
2. Current transport and traffic conditions in developing countries; Introduction; The Availability of Transport Infrastructure and Means; Mobility and the Use of Transport Modes; Current Travel Conditions; Summary--
Part 3: How it happened--
3. Sociological and political approaches to transport. Comparing Traditional and Proposed ApproachesThe Basic Outline for a Sociological Approach--
4. The organization of urban space; Major Social and Political Forces and Constraints; Life, Mobility and Reproduction--
5. The city, the circulation system and urban transport policies; The City as a Built Environment; Reproduction and Transport; The Built Environment and Transport Policies--
6. The use of roads: the microphysics of space; Introduction; The Traditional Approach to Traffic Management; In Search of a New Approach; Consequences for Policy Analysis--
7. The political issue: agents in urban transport policyThe State and the Decision-Making Process; Agents in the Decision-Making Process--
8. The institutional issue; Urban Policies and Development; Urban Planning; Transport Planning; Traffic Management; How the Three Intervention Techniques Coexist; Conflicts in Policy Coordination: Examples--
9. The technical issue: traditional transport planning; Introduction; The Traditional Transport Planning Process; Critical Approaches to Conventional Transport Planning; The Transport Planning Process in Developing Countries--
10. Non-motorized transport. PedestriansCyclists--
11. Public transport; General Characteristics; Current Public Transport forms --
an Overview; A General Framework of Public Transport Regulation--
12. Private transport; Roots of the Issue; The Demand for Private Transport --
A Social and Economic Approach; State, Industry and Middle-Class Interests; The Use of Private Modes: Urban and Transport Conditions; The Making of New Middle-Class Cities--
13. Mobility; Mobility Factors; Mobility Issues--
14. Space, environment and energy; Transport Externalities; Space; Environment; Energy; Congestion; Combined Effects--
15. Traffic accidentsCurrent Conditions; A Social Perspective: Who Hits Whom; Alternative Approaches to Understanding Current Conditions--
16. The urban transport crisis in developing countries; Understanding Current Conditions; The Myths Which Sustained Traditional Intervention Techniques; Tendencies--
Part 4: Proposals--
17. Policy assumptions and principles; Introduction; Transport, Economic Development and Equity; Transport, Sustainability and Equity; Policy Constraints; Principles for Transport Policies in Developing Countries--
18. Proposals for urban planning.
185383727X ( 1853837261 (cloth)
Urban transportation--Developing countries.
Urban transportation--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.
Urban transportation policy--Developing countries.
388.4/09172/4