Livable Cities

Author : Vukan Vuchic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351318143

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Transportation for Livable Cities by Vukan Vuchic Pdf

The twenty-first century finds civilization heavily based in cities that have grown into large metropolitan areas. Many of these focal points of human activity face problems of economic inefficiency, environmental deterioration, and an unsatisfactory quality of life—problems that go far in determining whether a city is "livable." A large share of these problems stems from the inefficiencies and other impacts of urban transportation systems. The era of projects aimed at maximizing vehicular travel is being replaced by the broader goal of achieving livable cities: economically efficient, socially sound, and environmentally friendly. This book explores the complex relationship between transportation and the character of cities and metropolitan regions. Vukan Vuchic applies his experience in urban transportation systems and policies to present a systematic review of transportation modes and their characteristics. Transportation for Livable Cities dispels the myths and emotional advocacies for or against freeways, rail transit, bicycles,and other modes of transportation. The author discusses the consequences of excessive automobile dependence and shows that the most livable cities worldwide have intermodal systems that balance highway and public transit modes while providing for pedestrians, bicyclists, and paratransit. Vuchic defines the policies necessary for achieving livable cities: the effective implementation of integrated intermodal transportation systems.

Author : Roger W. Caves,Fritz Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781315523392

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Livable Cities from a Global Perspective by Roger W. Caves,Fritz Wagner Pdf

Livable Cities from a Global Perspective offers case studies from around the world on how cities approach livability. They address the fundamental question, what is considered "livable?" The journey each city has taken or is currently taking is unique and context specific. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to livability. Some cities have had a long history of developing livability policies and programs that focus on equity, economic, and environmental concerns, while other cities are relatively new to the game. In some areas, government has taken the lead while in other areas, grassroots activism has been the impetus for livability policies and programs. The challenge facing our cities is not simply developing a livability program. We must continually monitor and readjust policies and programs to meet the livability needs of all people. The case studies investigate livability issues in such cities as Austin, Texas; Helsinki, Finland; London, United Kingdom; Warsaw, Poland; Tehran, Iran; Salt Lake City, United States; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sydney, Australia; and Cape Town, South Africa. The chapters are organized into such themes as livability in capital city regions, livability and growth and development, livability and equity concerns, livability and metrics, and creating livability. Each chapter provides unique insights into how a specific area has responded to calls for livable cities. In doing so, the book adds to the existing literature in the field of livable cities and provides policy makers and other organizations with information and alternative strategies that have been developed and implemented in an effort to become a livable city.

Author : Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard,Henry L. Lennard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015038525302

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Livable Cities Observed by Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard,Henry L. Lennard Pdf

Author : Peter Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520935976

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Livable Cities? by Peter Evans Pdf

The sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unlivable. Pollution is rising, affordable housing is decreasing, and green space is shrinking. Since three-quarters of those joining the world's population during the next century will live in Third World cities, making these urban areas more livable is one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century. This book explores the linked issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in major cities of the developing and transitional world. Livable Cities? identifies important strategies for collective solutions by showing how political alliances among local communities, nongovernmental organizations, and public agencies can help ordinary citizens live better lives.

Author : Eric W. Allison,Lauren Peters
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780470900758

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Historic Preservation and the Livable City by Eric W. Allison,Lauren Peters Pdf

For both the preservation professional and urban planner, this book shows how preservation is a key to the creation of livable cities. The author Eric Allison, the founder and coordinated of the graduate historic preservation program at Pratt Institute in New York City, offers tools and case studies that preservationists and planners can learn from in implementing preservation projects or plans in cities large and small. This book is a must read for anyone working in or interested in these fields and the creation and maintenance of livable cities.

Author : Emilie Buchwald
Publisher : World as Home
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015058713218

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Toward the Livable City by Emilie Buchwald Pdf

Inspiring and accessible, Toward the Livable City combines firsthand accounts of the attractions -- and distractions -- of urban life to show how to create successful cities. For city dwellers and commuters, urban planners and architects, neighborhood groups and activists, this book outlines specific strategies for change. Fifteen leading thinkers including James Howard Kunstler, Jane Holtz Kay, Tony Hiss, Bill McKibben, and Jay Walljasper explore smart growth, riverfront redevelopment, urban farming, pedestrian rights, traffic, opportunity-based housing, and suburban vs. city living. They tell how the mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, built dedicated busways and closed downtown streets to cars; how urban agriculture in vacant lots and backyards in Boston produces 10,000 pounds of vegetables each season; and how Minneapolis successfully redeveloped its riverfront, among other shining examples. Photographs are featured.

Author : Donald L. Elliott
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910552

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A Better Way to Zone by Donald L. Elliott Pdf

Nearly all large American cities rely on zoning to regulate land use. According to Donald L. Elliott, however, zoning often discourages the very development that bigger cities need and want. In fact, Elliott thinks that zoning has become so complex that it is often dysfunctional and in desperate need of an overhaul. A Better Way to Zone explains precisely what has gone wrong and how it can be fixed. A Better Way to Zone explores the constitutional and legal framework of zoning, its evolution over the course of the twentieth century, the reasons behind major reform efforts of the past, and the adverse impacts of most current city zoning systems. To unravel what has gone wrong, Elliott identifies several assumptions behind early zoning that no longer hold true, four new land use drivers that have emerged since zoning began, and basic elements of good urban governance that are violated by prevailing forms of zoning. With insight and clarity, Elliott then identifies ten sound principles for change that would avoid these mistakes, produce more livable cities, and make zoning simpler to understand and use. He also proposes five practical steps to get started on the road to zoning reform. While recent discussion of zoning has focused on how cities should look, A Better Way to Zone does not follow that trend. Although New Urbanist tools, form-based zoning, and the SmartCode are making headlines both within and outside the planning profession, Elliott believes that each has limitations as a general approach to big city zoning. While all three trends include innovations that the profession badly needs, they are sometimes misapplied to situations where they do not work well. In contrast, A Better Way to Zone provides a vision of the future of zoning that is not tied to a particular picture of how cities should look, but is instead based on how cities should operate.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on the City
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : City planning
ISBN : UCR:31210024740183

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Livable Cities by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on the City Pdf

Author : Peter B. Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520230248

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Livable Cities? by Peter B. Evans Pdf

The cities of the developing world are hubs of economic growth, but they are increasingly ecologically unsustainable and unliveable. This book explores the issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in cities of the developing world.

Author : African Development Bank,Asian Development Bank,European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,Inter American Development Bank
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Creating Livable Cities by African Development Bank,Asian Development Bank,European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,Inter American Development Bank Pdf

The shift of people from rural areas to cities and urban towns in developing and emerging economies is one of the most profound demographic changes happening globally. Cities all over the world offer significant opportunities to transform human well-being, catalyze economic development, and serve as incubators for new ideas. Rapid urbanization is often linked to improved economic opportunities, better access to health and education services, and improved living conditions. However, underinvestment in infrastructure and services and weak urban governance, planning and financing frameworks can undermine urbanization’s potential to serve as the engine of green and inclusive growth and development.

Author : Khee Giap Tan,Wing Thye Woo,Kong Yam Tan,Linda Low,Grace Ee Ling Aw
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814417327

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Ranking The Liveability Of The World's Major Cities: The Global Liveable Cities Index (Glci) by Khee Giap Tan,Wing Thye Woo,Kong Yam Tan,Linda Low,Grace Ee Ling Aw Pdf

This unique volume aims to provide a first comprehensive assessment on attributes, conditions and characters which constitute a liveable city. The book posits that the degree of liveability depends on five themes: satisfaction with the freedom from want; satisfaction with the state of the natural environment and its management; satisfaction with freedom from fear; satisfaction with the socio-cultural conditions; and satisfaction with public governance.The authors attempt to be more constructive through performing policy simulations by first identifying relative weaknesses and strengths of 64 global cities across major continents including European, Asian, Middle Eastern, North and South American cities. The book also ranks and simulates 36 Asian cities separately, of which many are emerging third-world cities that are in need of policy guidance.

Author : Cor van Montfort,Ank Michels
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030400606

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Partnerships for Livable Cities by Cor van Montfort,Ank Michels Pdf

In this volume scholars from around the world discuss the innovative forms of collaboration between public and private actors that contribute to making our cities more liveable. It offers helpful insights into the practices of partnerships and the ways in which partnerships can contribute to a more liveable urban environment. The liveability of our cities is a topic of increasing relevance and urgency. The world’s cities are becoming congested and polluted, putting pressure on affordable housing and causing safety to become a major problem. Urban governments are unable to address these major challenges on their own, and thus they seek cooperation with other governments, companies, civil society organizations, and citizens. By focusing on examples such as greenery in the city, affordable housing, safety, neighbourhood revitalization, and ‘learning by doing’ in urban living labs, this book asks two key questions. How do partnerships between public and private actors contribute to the liveability of cities? Under what conditions are partnerships successful, and when do they fail to yield the desired results?

Author : Sonia Chand Sandhu,Ramola Naik Singru,John Bachmann,Vaideeswaran Sankaran,Pierre Arnoux
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789292573515

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GrEEEn Solutions for Livable Cities by Sonia Chand Sandhu,Ramola Naik Singru,John Bachmann,Vaideeswaran Sankaran,Pierre Arnoux Pdf

This publication is a result of a 2-year innovative, exploratory, and reflective study of cities as unique urban spaces that support life, work, and play. It responds to major issues that affect the quality of life of urban residents. This publication offers practical ways on how urban managers, urban practitioners, businesspeople, and citizens can engage to make cities more livable by building on their distinctive physical, social, cultural, and economic characteristics. With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations, the book comes at the right time to offer integrated urban development solutions that can translate global development commitments into urban-level actions to achieve livable cities.

Author : Bambang Susantono,Robert Guild
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292627836

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Creating Livable Asian Cities by Bambang Susantono,Robert Guild Pdf

This book explores how Asia's fast-growing cities can fulfil their potential as engines of economic prosperity and provide a livable environment for all citizens. But for this to happen, major challenges that reduce urban communities' quality of life and economic opportunities must be addressed. These include poor planning, a lack of affordable housing, inequalities, pollution, climate vulnerabilities, and urban infrastructure deficits. The book's 19 articles unwrap these challenges and present solutions focused on smart and inclusive planning, sustainable transport and energy, innovative financing, and resilience and rejuvenation.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290929543

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Developing Indicators and Monitoring Systems for Environmentally Livable Cities in the People's Republic of China by Asian Development Bank Pdf

As an important step in developing a methodology for environmentally sustainable economic development, the study explores the concept of environmental livability for the urban centers of the People's Republic of China. The study produced the environmental livability index, a practical tool that can demonstrate the present, past, and future dimensions of a livable city; and the mechanism of its practical application. The mock software techniques created multidimensional city-specific assessments, allowing the promotion of urban livability agenda among policy makers, urban managers, and the general public and the comparison and ranking of cities based on prioritized environmental investments and their evaluation.