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Author : William A. Green
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Researching Design and Transportation Systems for Sustainable Communities written by William A. Green and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Transportation and Sustainable Communities Intiative written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel R. Jordan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Communities written by Daniel R. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick M. Condon
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597268208
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities written by Patrick M. Condon and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions of how the design of cities can respond to the challenge of climate change dominate the thoughts of urban planners and designers across the U.S. and Canada. With admirable clarity, Patrick Condon responds to these questions. He addresses transportation, housing equity, job distribution, economic development, and ecological systems issues and synthesizes his knowledge and research into a simple-to-understand set of urban design recommendations. No other book so clearly connects the form of our cities to their ecological, economic, and social consequences. No other book takes on this breadth of complex and contentious issues and distills them down to such convincing and practical solutions.
Author : R. Warren Flint
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461450993
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Practice of Sustainable Community Development written by R. Warren Flint and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinary people, community leaders, and even organizations and corporations still do not fully comprehend the interconnected, “big picture” dynamics of sustainability theory and action. In exploring means to become more sustainable, individuals and groups need a reference in which to frame discussions so they will be relevant, educational, and successful when implemented. This book puts ideas on sustainable communities into a conceptual framework that will promote striking, transformational effects on decision-making. In this book practitioners and community leaders will find effective, comprehensive tools and resources at their finger-tips to facilitate sustainable community development (SCD). The book content examines a diverse range of SCD methods; assessing community needs and resources; creating community visions; promoting stakeholder interest and participation; analyzing community problems; designing and facilitating strategic planning; carrying out interventions to improve
Author : Jeffrey Tumlin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470540931
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Transportation Planning written by Jeffrey Tumlin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. Jeffrey Tumlin's book Sustainable Transportation Planning offers easy-to-understand, clearly explained tips and techniques that will allow us to quite literally take back our roads. Essential reading for anyone who wants to drive our transportation system out of the gridlock." -Marianne Cusato, home designer and author of Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid ?The book is full of useful ideas on nearly every page.? ? Bill DiBennedetto of Triple Pundit As transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities? economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network.
Author : Francis Vanek
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071800131
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Transportation Systems Engineering written by Francis Vanek and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineer and implement sustainable transportation solutions Featuring in-depth coverage of passenger and freight transportation, this comprehensive resource discusses contemporary transportation systems and options for improving their sustainability. The book addresses vehicle and infrastructure design, economics, environmental concerns, energy security, and alternative energy sources and platforms. Worked-out examples, case studies, illustrations, equations, and end-of-chapter problems are also included in this practical guide. Sustainable Transportation Systems Engineering covers: Background on energy security and climate change Systems analysis tools and techniques Individual choices and transportation demand Transportation systems and vehicle design Physical design of transportation infrastructure Congestion mitigation in urban passenger transportation Role of intelligent transportation systems Public transportation and multimodal solutions Personal mobility and accessibility Intercity passenger transportation Freight transportation function and current trends Freight modal and supply chain management approaches Spatial and geographic aspects of freight transportation Alternative fuels and platforms Electricity and hydrogen as alternative fuels Bioenergy resources and systems Transportation security and planning for extreme weather events PRAISE FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: "This book addresses one of the great challenges of the 21st century--how to transform our resource-intensive passenger and freight transportation system into a set of low-carbon, economically efficient, and socially equitable set of services." -- Dan Sperling, Professor and Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, author of Two Billion Cars: Driving toward Sustainability "...provides a rich tool kit for students of sustainable transportation, embracing a systems approach. The authors aptly blend engineering, economics, and environmental impact analysis approaches." -- Susan Shaheen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Co-Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley
Author : Smirnova, Olga V.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522573976
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth written by Smirnova, Olga V. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-term economic growth and increasing vehicle congestion is creating a greater demand for efficient and safe transportation. The high cost of maintaining and fixing pre-existing infrastructure is leading the industry to realize that sustainable long-term transportation planning is needed to keep pace with the growing economy. Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth examines contemporary transportation issues through the lens of various modes of transportation while also focusing on the importance of sustainability, urban planning, and funding. The book covers the topics of sustainability and climate change, public management and planning, financing of transportation infrastructure, and revenue and spending issues facing modern transportation infrastructure. It is ideally designed for engineers, planners, government officials, transportation specialists, legislators, researchers, academicians, students, and industry professionals seeking current research on sustainable transport systems.
Download or read book Sustainable Urban Transportation Planning by Design, the Next Necessary Paradigm for Winnipeg? written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to locate a paradigm, and a new set of principles to guide the development of an urban transportation planning process for Winnipeg. By researching two fields that deal with the physical construction of space, urban design and urban transportation planning, an emerging paradigm is located, called sustainability, that can provide guidance about the type of communities that need to be built. Sustainability, as defined by the Brundtland Commission, represents a useful starting point in the d sign of a transportation system. Further inquiry into the meaning of sustainability opens the door to the design of transportation systems that are based on ecological principles. Therefore the objective of this thesis is to explore the sustainability paradigm and ecological principles as the fundamental components of Winnipeg's next transportation planning process. The results of the research clearly indicate that in order to sustainably resolve social, environmental and economic problems thephysical environment must be designed, as well as planned, via a coordinated and comprehensive urban design and transportation planning approach. Inherent in this approach are the ecological principles of system interdependency, the recycling of resources, partnerships, flexibility and diversity. This approach and its principles are intended to be used as a means to chart a course for a sustainable future. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
Author : Zafer Yilmaz
Publisher : Engineering Science Reference
ISBN 13 : 9781668459997
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (599 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Promoting Sustainable Public Transportation Strategies in Urban Environments written by Zafer Yilmaz and published by Engineering Science Reference. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Urban transportation is a multidisciplinary subject that consists of many topics, i.e., designing the unimodal or intermodal public transportation system in the cities, energy usage in these systems, transportation information systems to gather information related to possible passengers, the economics of public transportation, etc. The traditional urban transportation systems around the globe are now being transferred into green public transportation systems in an effort to mitigate CO2 emissions and provide nature-friendly transportation systems in cities and, ultimately, to increase citizens' wellbeing. Green public transportation is a common goal for all countries, and this will be the most interesting technological area not only for developed cities but also developing cities. Nowadays, cities are expected to transform their traditional transportation systems to cutting-edge high technology green transportation systems in the near future due to regulations applied by the related authorities such as the EU, UN, etc. At the same time, cities are undergoing a transformation from traditional to smart cities, which is an inevitable process due to speedy developments in technologies and smart systems. This is why green public transportation systems must be developed and adjusted so as to be applicable in future smart cities"--
Author : Mehrdad Ehsani
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781461458432
Total Pages : 1190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (584 download)
Download or read book Transportation Technologies for Sustainability written by Mehrdad Ehsani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative transportation technologies will be a vital component of any future sustainable society. Gathering over 50 authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Transportation Technologies for Sustainability covers a broad range of transportation-related sustainability research, from vehicle design and technology to mass transit systems. State-of-the-art chapters describe key developments in intelligent vehicle technology, including vision sensors, driver status monitoring, and vehicle motion control, while international experts present the latest research in electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. Leaders in the mass transit field assess a broad spectrum of alternatives in both small and large urban areas. This valuable collection is an essential reference for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, policymakers, and industry experts.
Author : M. A. Replogle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Intelligent Transportation Systems for Sustainable Communities written by M. A. Replogle and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309094186
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Integrating Sustainability Into the Transportation Planning Process written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2005 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Tovey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781409433255
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Design for Transport written by Mike Tovey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design for Transport shows how designers can take a user-centred and socially responsible approach to tackling a range of types of transport, from systems to products and from bicycles to automobiles. The approaches they employ and the methods they use in producing a rich array of solutions are demonstrated through case studies. This is timely and relevant as we face unprecedented economic and climate change issues, which call for radically new approaches from transport designers. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of transport design.'Seymour Roworth-Stokes, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Development, University for the Creative Arts, and Chair, Design Research Society'Of all the imperatives concerning humanity's ability to devise systems for sustainable living "transport" is perhaps one of our most important priorities. The story of transport not only provides an illustration of our evolution into urban and sub-urban inhabitants but our predictions for future transport epitomise our human capacity for creativity and innovation. Of course, not all visions have recognised the social and environmental implications of their creation but new approaches to the user-centred design of transport products and systems offer both liberation and sustainability. This book expertly charts recent and relevant milestones on the journey towards truly sustainable transport.'Steve Garner, The Open University, UK'A key reference for designers and students because of its comprehensive approach - from bicycles to buses, from supercars to sustainability, from maps to modal interchanges - and its focus on how design can create not just new vehicles and transport systems but new futures for travellers.'Nigel Cross, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies, The Open University, UK.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Roads Less Traveled written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Farr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118174518
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Urbanism written by Douglas Farr and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "sustainable urbanism"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need to build high-performance infrastructure and buildings. Providing a historic perspective on the standards and regulations that got us to where we are today in terms of urban lifestyle and attempts at reform, Douglas Farr makes a powerful case for sustainable urbanism, showing where we went wrong, and where we need to go. He then explains how to implement sustainable urbanism through leadership and communication in cities, communities, and neighborhoods. Essays written by Farr and others delve into such issues as: Increasing sustainability through density. Integrating transportation and land use. Creating sustainable neighborhoods, including housing, car-free areas, locally-owned stores, walkable neighborhoods, and universal accessibility. The health and environmental benefits of linking humans to nature, including walk-to open spaces, neighborhood stormwater systems and waste treatment, and food production. High performance buildings and district energy systems. Enriching the argument are in-depth case studies in sustainable urbanism, from BedZED in London, England and Newington in Sydney, Australia, to New Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, California and Dongtan, Shanghai, China. An epilogue looks to the future of sustainable urbanism over the next 200 years. At once solidly researched and passionately argued, Sustainable Urbanism is the ideal guidebook for urban designers, planners, and architects who are eager to make a positive impact on our--and our descendants'--buildings, cities, and lives.
Author : Leo David Norman Schoor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Urban Transportation Planning by Design, the Next Necessary Paradigm for Winnipeg? written by Leo David Norman Schoor and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to locate a paradigm, and a new set of principles to guide the development of an urban transportation planning process for Winnipeg. By researching two fields that deal with the physical construction of space, urban design and urban transportation planning, an emerging paradigm is located, called sustainability, that can provide guidance about the type of communities that need to be built. Sustainability, as defined by the Brundtland Commission, represents a useful starting point in the d sign of a transportation system. Further inquiry into the meaning of sustainability opens the door to the design of transportation systems that are based on ecological principles. Therefore the objective of this thesis is to explore the sustainability paradigm and ecological principles as the fundamental components of Winnipeg's next transportation planning process. The results of the research clearly indicate that in order to sustainably resolve social, environmental and economic problems thephysical environment must be designed, as well as planned, via a coordinated and comprehensive urban design and transportation planning approach. Inherent in this approach are the ecological principles of system interdependency, the recycling of resources, partnerships, flexibility and diversity. This approach and its principles are intended to be used as a means to chart a course for a sustainable future. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
