Urban transport, environment and equity : The case for developing countries /
Eduardo Alcāntara 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.