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Urban and Industrial Environments Ser.: Rail and the City : Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space by Roxanne Warren (2014, Hardcover)
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Even more pressing, the replication of this pattern throughout the fast-developing world makes it doubtful that we will achieve the reductions in carbon emissions needed to avoid climate catastrophe.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262027801
ISBN-139780262027809
eBay Product ID (ePID)201678346
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameRail and the City : Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectUrban & Land Use Planning, Public Transportation, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Economic Development, Development / Sustainable Development
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTransportation, Political Science, Architecture, Business & Economics
AuthorRoxanne Warren
SeriesUrban and Industrial Environments Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight23 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-003868
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsIn sum, this book is a very useful overview of the issue of sustainability in cities and the relationships between transit, energy, urban form, and transport priorities. It can usefully be put into the hands of public officials.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal388.40973
SynopsisAn architect makes the case for rail transit as the critical infrastructure for a fluidly functioning and environmentally sustainable urban society. The United States has evolved into a nation of twenty densely populated megaregions. Yet despite the environmental advantages of urban density, urban sprawl and reliance on the private car still set the pattern for most new development. Cars guzzle not only gas but also space, as massive acreage is dedicated to roadways and parking. Even more pressing, the replication of this pattern throughout the fast-developing world makes it doubtful that we will achieve the reductions in carbon emissions needed to avoid climate catastrophe. In Rail and the City , architect Roxanne Warren makes the case for compact urban development that is supported by rail transit. Calling the automobile a relic of the twentieth century, Warren envisions a release from the tyrannies of traffic congestion, petroleum dependence, and an oppressively paved environment. Technical features of rail are key to its high capacities, safety at high speeds, and compactness--uniquely qualifying it to serve as ideal infrastructure within and between cities. Ultimately, mobility could be achieved through extensive networks of public transit, particularly rail, supplemented by buses, cycling, walking, car-sharing, and small, flexible vehicles. High-speed rail, fed by local transit, could eliminate the need for petroleum-intensive plane trips of less than 500 miles. Warren considers issues of access to transit, citing examples from Europe, Japan, and North America, and pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design. Rail transit, she argues, is the essential infrastructure for a fluidly functioning urban society.
LC Classification NumberHE308.W37 2014
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