Transport matters : integrated approaches to planning city-regions / / Angela Hull

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785157703321
• Autore: Hull Angela
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-134-05204-9; 1-134-05205-7; 1-282-78244-4; 9786612782442; 0-203-93878-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Collana: The RTPI library series
• Disciplina: 711/.7094
• Soggetti: Transportation and state - Europe; Sustainable development - Europe; Regional planning - Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-287) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Time for change? : the rationale for low energy transport provision -- Understanding current patterns of transport behaviour in Europe -- The challenge of putting the environment into transport policy -- Institutional structures for low energy futures : creating integrated approaches -- Understanding the institutional barriers to change -- Intervention instruments for sustainable transport futures -- Integrated territorial planning in practice : case studies -- Implementing a sustainable transport package.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.