Research Catalog

Title

The pedestrian and the city / Carmen Hass-Klau.

Author

Hass-Klau, Carmen.

Publication

New York, NY : Routledge, [2014].

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Details

Description

xxiii, 316 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Subjects

• Pedestrians
• Streets > Planning
• Pedestrian areas > Planning
• City traffic > Planning
• Pedestrian traffic flow > Planning

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / by Professor Phil Goodwin -- From innovative street layouts to the fight against urban motorways in the United States -- Motorization and footpath planning during the third reich -- The role of the pedestrian after the second world war in West Germany: the early years -- Pedestrianization, public transport and traffic calming in West Germany -- The 'better Germany'? Urban planning, transport and pedestrian-friendly devices in East Germany -- The British approach toward road transport and the pedestrian in urban areas from the 1940s to the early 1970s -- British attempts to achieve better walking conditions in the late 1970s to the 1990s -- Walking in Great Britain and the greater London case study -- Walking in Germany: is there progress? -- The Nordic approach: Denmark -- Further north: Norway -- The United States and Canada: an overview of walking research and policies -- Walking in the United States: a European view: the leaders -- Walking in the United States: a European view: the followers -- The future of walking.

Call Number

JSF 15-60

ISBN

• 9780415814393 (hbk)
• 0415814391 (hbk)
• 9780415814409 (pbk)
• 0415814405 (pbk)
• 9780203067390 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014018275

OCLC

858126610

Author

Hass-Klau, Carmen.

Title

The pedestrian and the city / Carmen Hass-Klau.

Publisher

New York, NY : Routledge, [2014].

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JSF 15-60