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The geography of urban transportation
- Title
- The geography of urban transportation / edited by Susan Hanson, Genevieve Giuliano.
- Publication
- New York : The Guilford Press, [2004], ©2004.
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- Description
- xii, 419 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- "In this fully revised and restructural third edition, leading geographers and urban planners present the foundational concepts and methodological tools that readers need to understand and engage with today's pressing policy issues. Updated throughout with a heightened emphasis on policy - and featuring over 100 maps, charts, and photographs - this edition contains new chapters on intercity travel and transportation finance. In addition, a new concluding chapter integrates key themes and provides some practical approaches to solving urban transportation problems."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. The context of urban travel : concepts and recent trends / Susan Hanson -- 2. City interactions : the dynamics of passenger and freight flows / Thomas R. Leinbach -- 3. Transportation and urban form : stages in the spatial evolution of the American metropolis / Peter O. Muller -- 4. Impact of information technologies / Donald G. Janelle -- 5. The urban transportation planning process / Robert A. Johnston -- 6. Reflections on the planning process / Martin Wachs -- 7. GIS in urban-regional transportation planning / Timothy L. Nyerges -- 8. Public transportation / John Pucher -- 9. Land use impacts of transportation investments : highway and transit / Genevieve Giuliano -- 10. Transportation and energy / David L. Greene -- 11. The geography of urban transportation finance / Brian D. Taylor -- 12. Social and environmental justice issues in urban transportation / Devajyoti Deka -- 13. Transportation and the environment / Chang-Hee Christine Bae -- 14. Managing the auto / Genevieve Giuliano and Susan Hanson.
- ISBN
- 1593850557 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004004578
- OCLC
- 54529884
- ocm54529884
- SCSB-5077981
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries