Beyond Mobility : Planning Cities for People and Places / / by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
| Beyond Mobility : Planning Cities for People and Places / / by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al |
| Autore | Cervero Robert |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 278 p. 44 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1216 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Transportation engineering Traffic engineering Human geography Environmental Sciences Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering Human Geography |
| ISBN |
9781610918350
1610918355 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Urban recalibration -- ( Challenges to creating sustainable and just cities -- The case for moving beyond mobility -- Contexts for urban recalibration -- Emerging opportunities and challenges).
; Part one. Making the case. Better communities -- ( Increasing social capital and sociability -- Shared spaced, complete streets, and safety -- Public health and walkability -- Social equity, diversity, and opportunity) -- Better environments -- ( Defining sustainable cities and transport -- Reducing oil dependence -- The climate change: decarbonizing cities and transport -- Local pollution -- Environmental mitigation and urban recalibration) -- Better economies -- ( Lifestyle preferences and economics -- The big picture -- Access and land markets -- Freeways and motorways -- Public transit -- Transport infrastructure in the global south -- Road restraints, pedestrianization, and economic performance -- Urban amenities and nature -- Community designs and economic performance). ; Part two. Contexts and cases. Urban transformations -- ( Dockland conversions -- London docklands -- Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam -- Canalside, Buffalo -- Redevelopment of warehouse districts -- Southside Charlotte, North Carolina -- 22@Barcelona -- Rail-to-greenway conversions -- The High Line, New York City -- The Atlantic BeltLine -- The Great Allegheny Passage -- Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin) -- Suburban transformations -- ( Office park retrofits -- Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California -- Hacienda, Pleasanton, California -- Cottle Transit Village, San Jose, California -- Edge city to suburban TOD: Tysons, Virginia -- Revamped malls and shopping centers -- Other suburban retrofits) -- Transit-oriented development -- ( The TOD process: planning and typologies -- Node versus place -- Nodes of access -- TODs as places -- TOD planning and typologies in Portland -- TOD design and guidelines -- The TOD standard -- Place identity: Oakland's Fruitvale station -- The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon: streetcar-oriented development -- The Beaverton Round, Portland, Oregon: TOD's market limits -- Hong Kong: rail development, place-making, and profiteering -- MTR and R+P -- R+P TOD -- Connecting places in other TOD place types -- Green TODs -- Kid-friendly TODs -- TOD as adaptive reuse: experiences from Dallas) -- Road contraction -- ( Traffic calming -- Car-free districts -- Road dieting -- Green connectors -- Roadway deconstruction and reassignments -- Urban regeneration in Seoul -- Land reclamation in Seoul -- Capitalizing the benefits of greenways -- San Francisco's freeway-to-boulevard conversions -- Neighborhood impacts -- Traffic and safety impacts). ; Part three. Looking forward. The global south -- ( Transit cities -- Nonmotorized cities -- Motorcycle cities -- Designing for a planet of suburbs -- Improving suburban conditions -- Suburban upgrading -- Planning for suburbs -- Enabling mortgage markets -- Organic place-making -- Designing for a transit metropolis -- Transit and TOD challenges in China -- Bus rapid transit -- The TransMilenio experience (Bogotá, Colombia) -- Experiences in Ahmedabad, India -- BRT-land use integration in Guangzhou -- BRT in Indonesia -- Suburban transit investments -- Ciudad Azteca: a different king of TOD -- Medellín Metrocable) -- Emerging technologies -- ( Ride-hailing and shared-ride services -- Driverless cars: the elephant in the room -- The state of driverless cars -- Safety -- Expanding transit options -- A parking revolution -- Getting the price of car travel right -- Freight movement in cities -- Communication technology -- The realm of possibility) -- Toward sustainable urban futures -- ( Density and design -- Megatrends and urban futures -- Aging societies -- Shifting lifestyle preferences and the millennials -- Twenty-first-century employment -- Beyond mobility metrics -- Mobility and sustainability -- Accessibility -- Livability -- Affordability -- Inclusive cities). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910279575203321 |
Cervero Robert
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Factory towns of south China : an illustrated guidebook / / edited by Stefan Al [and four others]
| Factory towns of south China : an illustrated guidebook / / edited by Stefan Al [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.095127 |
| Soggetto topico |
Industries - Social aspects - China - Pearl River Delta
Cities and towns - China - Pearl River Delta - Growth Factories - Social aspects - China - Pearl River Delta |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 988-220-836-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; Factory Towns of South China; Urbanization; The Danwei; Genesis and Evolution of Chinese Factory Towns in the Pearl River Delta; The Side Effects of Unregulated Growth; Demographics; Migration without Integration; Strike; Hukou; Factory Towns in the Headlines; Economics; Divergent Workshops of the ""World Factory"" in the Pearl River; From the Iron Rice Bowl to the Steel Cafeteria Tray; Infrastructure; The Power of Factories; Will Design Play a Role in ""Postindustrial"" PRD?; The Adwin Factory; Hong Kong; Kwun Tong Industrial Town; Shenzhen
Fuyong TownShekou Industrial Zone; Dongguan; Nancheng District; Huangjiang Town; Guangzhou; Liwan District; Donghuanjie Town; Foshan; Shiwan Town: Shiwan Arthisic Ceramic Factory; Shiwan Town: Huanqiu Ceramics Factory; Zhongshan; City Center; Factory Futures; Regional Map; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462203903321 |
| Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2012] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Factory towns of south China : an illustrated guidebook / / edited by Stefan Al [and four others]
| Factory towns of south China : an illustrated guidebook / / edited by Stefan Al [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.095127 |
| Soggetto topico |
Industries - Social aspects - China - Pearl River Delta
Cities and towns - China - Pearl River Delta - Growth Factories - Social aspects - China - Pearl River Delta |
| ISBN | 988-220-836-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; Factory Towns of South China; Urbanization; The Danwei; Genesis and Evolution of Chinese Factory Towns in the Pearl River Delta; The Side Effects of Unregulated Growth; Demographics; Migration without Integration; Strike; Hukou; Factory Towns in the Headlines; Economics; Divergent Workshops of the ""World Factory"" in the Pearl River; From the Iron Rice Bowl to the Steel Cafeteria Tray; Infrastructure; The Power of Factories; Will Design Play a Role in ""Postindustrial"" PRD?; The Adwin Factory; Hong Kong; Kwun Tong Industrial Town; Shenzhen
Fuyong TownShekou Industrial Zone; Dongguan; Nancheng District; Huangjiang Town; Guangzhou; Liwan District; Donghuanjie Town; Foshan; Shiwan Town: Shiwan Arthisic Ceramic Factory; Shiwan Town: Huanqiu Ceramics Factory; Zhongshan; City Center; Factory Futures; Regional Map; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790222803321 |
| Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2012] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Factory towns of south China : an illustrated guidebook / / edited by Stefan Al [and four others]
| Factory towns of south China : an illustrated guidebook / / edited by Stefan Al [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.095127 |
| Soggetto topico |
Industries - Social aspects - China - Pearl River Delta
Cities and towns - China - Pearl River Delta - Growth Factories - Social aspects - China - Pearl River Delta |
| ISBN | 988-220-836-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; Factory Towns of South China; Urbanization; The Danwei; Genesis and Evolution of Chinese Factory Towns in the Pearl River Delta; The Side Effects of Unregulated Growth; Demographics; Migration without Integration; Strike; Hukou; Factory Towns in the Headlines; Economics; Divergent Workshops of the ""World Factory"" in the Pearl River; From the Iron Rice Bowl to the Steel Cafeteria Tray; Infrastructure; The Power of Factories; Will Design Play a Role in ""Postindustrial"" PRD?; The Adwin Factory; Hong Kong; Kwun Tong Industrial Town; Shenzhen
Fuyong TownShekou Industrial Zone; Dongguan; Nancheng District; Huangjiang Town; Guangzhou; Liwan District; Donghuanjie Town; Foshan; Shiwan Town: Shiwan Arthisic Ceramic Factory; Shiwan Town: Huanqiu Ceramics Factory; Zhongshan; City Center; Factory Futures; Regional Map; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827272803321 |
| Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2012] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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