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Autore |
Weiner Edward |
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Titolo |
Urban transportation planning in the United States : an historical overview / / Edward Weiner |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 1999 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 |
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ISBN |
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979-82-16-03115-4 |
0-313-00223-1 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. and expanded ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban transportation policy - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Early Highway Planning; 3 Beginnings of Urban Transportation Planning; 4 Urban Transportation Planning Comes of Age; 5 Improved Intergovernmental Coordination; 6 The Environment and Citizen Involvement; 7 Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning; 8 Transition to Short Term Planning; 9 Urban Economic Revitalization; 10 Decentralization of Decision Making; 11 Private Sector Participation; 12 Strategic Planning; 13 Sustainable Development; 14. Concluding Remarks; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work describes the evolution of urban transportation planning from its beginnings in early highway and transit planning to late-1990s concerns for the environment and sustainable development. The author discusses the influence of legislation, regulations and federal programmes. |
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