Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2012-08-13
Category :
ISBN : 928210365X
This report presents decision-makers with hard evidence on the important place of walking in transport policies and provide guidelines for developing a safe environment conducive to walking.
Author : Maurizio Tira
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,22 MB
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1000296903
Today, citizens advocate greater environmental sustainability, better services and the improvement of urban quality by promoting safer mobility and health. Addressing these issues, Pedestrians, Urban spaces and Health contains the papers presented at the XXIV International Conference "Living and Walking in Cities" (Brescia, Italy, 12-13 September 2019). The contributions discuss town planning issues, look at best practices and research findings across the broad spectrum of urban and transport planning, with particular attention to the safety of pedestrians in the city. The main topics of the book are: Walking experiences Urban spaces and Redevelopment Healthy cities (as Urban resilience and for Weakest users) Pedestrians, Urban spaces and Health is a powerful plea for a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach to urban mobility and planning, and will be of interest to academics, consultants and practitioners interested in these areas.
Author : Osvaldo Gervasi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 11,44 MB
Release : 2021-09-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3030870162
The ten-volume set LNCS 12949 – 12958 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021, which was held in Cagliari, Italy, during September 13 – 16, 2021. The event was organized in a hybrid mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The 466 full and 18 short papers presented in these books were carefully reviewed and selected from 1588 submissions. Part X of the set includes the proceedings of the following workshops: International Workshop on Smart and Sustainable Island Communities (SSIC 2021); International Workshop on Science, Technologies and Policies to Innovate Spatial Planning (STP4P 2021); International Workshop on Sustainable Urban Energy Systems (SUREN-SYS 2021); International Workshop on Ports of the future - smartness and sustainability (SmartPorts 2021); International Workshop on Smart Tourism (SmartTourism 2021); International Workshop on Space Syntax for Cities in Theory and Practice (Syntax_City 2021); International Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Chemistryand its Applications (TCCMA 2021); International Workshop on Urban Form Studies (UForm 2021); International Workshop on Urban Space Accessibility and Safety (USAS2021); International Workshop on Virtual and Augmented Reality and Ap-plcations (VRA 2021); International Workshop on Advanced and Computational Methods for Earth Science applications (WACM4ES 2021).
Author : Un-Habitat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 27,7 MB
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317932862
Urban transport systems worldwide are faced by a multitude of challenges. Among the most visible of these are the traffic gridlocks experienced on city roads and highways all over the world. The prescribed solution to transport problems in most cities has thus been to build more infrastructures for cars, with a limited number of cities improving public transport systems in a sustainable manner. However, a number of challenges faced by urban transport systems – such as greenhouse gas emissions, noise and air pollution and road traffic accidents – do not necessarily get solved by the construction of new infrastructure. Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility argues that the development of sustainable urban transport systems requires a conceptual leap. The purpose of ‘transportation’ and ‘mobility’ is to gain access to destinations, activities, services and goods. Thus, access is the ultimate objective of transportation. As a result, urban planning and design should focus on how to bring people and places together, by creating cities that focus on accessibility, rather than simply increasing the length of urban transport infrastructure or increasing the movement of people or goods. Urban form and the functionality of the city are therefore a major focus of this report, which highlights the importance of integrated land-use and transport planning. This new report of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the world’s leading authority on urban issues, provides some thought-provoking insights and policy recommendations on how to plan and design sustainable urban mobility systems. The Global Report on Human Settlements is the most authoritative and up-to-date global assessment of human settlements conditions and trends. Preceding issues of the report have addressed such topics as Cities in a Globalizing World, The Challenge of Slums, Financing Urban Shelter, Enhancing Urban Safety and Security, Planning Sustainable Cities and Cities and Climate Change.
Author : Karin Edvardsson Björnberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1233 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030765059
This open access handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of Vision Zero, an innovative policy on public road safety developed in Sweden. Covering all the major topics of the subject, the book starts out with a thorough examination of the philosophy, ideas and principles behind Vision Zero. It looks at conditions for the effectiveness of the policy, principles of safety and responsibility as well as critique on the policy. Next, the handbook focuses on how the Vision Zero ideas have been received and implemented in various legislations and countries worldwide. It takes into account the way Vision Zero is looked at in the context of international organizations such as the WHO, the UN, and the OECD. This allows for a comparison of systems, models and effects. The third part of the handbook discusses the management and leadership aspects, including ISO standards, equity issues, other goals for traffic and transportation, and opportunities for the car industry. Part four delves into tools, technologies and organizational measures that contribute to the implementation of Vision Zero in road traffic. Examples of specific elements discussed are urban and rural road designs, human factor designs, and avoiding drunk and distracted driving. The final part of the handbook offers perspectives on the transfer of Vision Zero policy to other areas, ranging from air traffic to suicide prevention and nuclear energy. Vision Zero is a public road safety policy including both a long-term goal that no one shall be killed or seriously injured as a consequence of accidents in road traffic and a safety principle stating that the design and function of the road transport system shall be adapted to meet the requirements that follow from that goal. It is a new road safety paradigm which has resulted in new types of responsibilities among stakeholders, technological innovations, and new strategies and organizational measures to achieve a safe system. The road safety work based on Vision Zero has shown promising results, and although Sweden has not yet reached a safe system, the number of fatalities and severe injuries has decreased substantially. This is an open access book.
Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 2016-10-03
Category :
ISBN : 9282108058
This report describes a paradigm shift in road safety policy, being led by a handful of countries, according to the principles of a Safe System.
Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2014-10-02
Category :
ISBN : 9282107663
The IRTAD Annual Report 2014 provides an overview of road safety indicators for 2012 in 38 countries, with preliminary data for 2013, and detailed reports for each country.
Author : Voula P. Mega
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 25,26 MB
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319936808
This book examines the nexus of cities and oceans and the interrelations between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 14, just after the first two critical years following the milestone year of hope in 2015. It advocates for actions both for sustainable cities, the largest interconnected and only human ecosystem, and for the global ocean that is the largest physical ecosystem. Cutting-edge concepts and actions are presented by and for cities and oceans, following the global engagements during the years 2015-2017. In the era of global geopolitics, cities offer major democratic spaces between the micro-regulations of the local communities and the governance of the global commons. The role of education, trust, and citizen empowerment cannot be stressed enough. This book offers an evidence-based, holistic and integrated view of key urban and ocean sustainability issues at the horizon of 2030 and of 2050. The chapters cover the most prominent issues at the heart of the matter, and highlight systemic multi-stakeholder eco-responses towards sustainability with economic, social, environmental dimensions, including political and cultural aspects. This book offers a full exploration of cities and seas with an emphasis on vigorous paradigm shifts, redesigning human systems, and reconciling them with nature. Building on robust evidence, and transformational cases, it provides structured advice for world leaders, stakeholders and scholars.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2013-05-30
Category :
ISBN : 9264200878
The OECD Secretary-General's annual report to ministers covers not only the activities of the SG and his office, horizontal programs and activities of the directorates but also the activities of its agencies and special entities.
Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category :
ISBN : 9282105954
This report of the International Transport Forum's Cycling Safety Working Group monitors international trends in cycling, safety and policy, and explores options that may help decision makers design safe environments for cycling.
