Transit Villages in California
Author : Robert Cervero
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 1998
Category : City planning
ISBN :
Transit Villages in the 21st Century
Author : Michael Bernick
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
This is a guide to the new wave of "transit villages", communities that hug metropolitan rail systems in order to reduce "gridlock" and expedite growth. It shows how this new approach to urban development encourages community development, and includes case
Transit Villages in the 21st Century
Author : Michael Bernick
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 35,88 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
This is a guide to the new wave of "transit villages", communities that hug metropolitan rail systems in order to reduce "gridlock" and expedite growth. It shows how this new approach to urban development encourages community development, and includes case
Transit-oriented Development in the United States
Author : Robert Cervero
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2004
Category : City planning
ISBN : 0309087953
Book Description
Transit Oriented Development
Author : John L. Renne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317007328
Book Description
Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen brings together the different stakeholders and disciplines that are involved in the conception and implementation of TOD to provide a comprehensive overview of the realization of this concept in Australia, North America, Asia and Europe. The book identifies the challenges facing TOD and through a series of key international case studies demonstrates ways to overcome and avoid them. The insights gleaned from these encompass policy and regulation, urban design solutions, issues for local governance, the need to work with community and the commercial realities of TOD.
Building Livable Communities with Transit
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 22,62 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Community development, Urban
ISBN :
Book Description
The Next American Metropolis
Author : Peter Calthorpe
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781878271686
Book Description
Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be an interesting resource. Check out the traffic in the land of commuting. And, finally, enjoy Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies.
The Role of Transit in Creating Livable Metropolitan Communities
Author : Transit Cooperative Research Program
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780309060578
Book Description
Discusses how transit impacts and improves community life in the United States.
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2009: HUD
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN :
Book Description
Planning in the USA
Author : Barry Cullingworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 113453812X
Book Description
Planning in the USA is a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Outlining land use, urban planning and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified, defined and approached. Offering a detailed account of urbanization in the USA, Barry Cullingworth reveals the problematic nature and limitations of the planning process, the fallibility of experts, and difficulties facing policy-makers in their search for solutions. Coverage includes: * Land Use Regulation * Transport, Housing and Community Development * Public Attitudes to Planning * Property Rights * Environmental Planning and Policies * Growth Management * Planning and Governance Barry Cullingworth's Planning in the USA is an essential book for students and planners and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary urban and environmental problems.
