Mobility and Environment: Humanists Versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education

by Corrado Poli

Foreword.- 1. Introduction: Technicians and humanists in the environmentalist debate on mobility and the city.- 2. Sustainable development: From fallacy to fraud.- 3. Technologies, problems, solutions.- 4. Mobility and the corporatist society.- 5. Traffic planning critique.- 6. Urban space and mobility policies in Europe and in North America.- 7. Northern Virginia Transport Authority 'Trans-Action 2010' Plan. A case study.- 8. Ethical aspects in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400712197
• ISBN13: 9789400712195
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"