Research Catalog

Title

Beyond mobility : planning cities for people and places / Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, and Stefan Al.

Author

Cervero, Robert

Publication

• Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Guerra, Erick
• Al, Stefan

Description

xiii, 278 pages : charts, color illustrations, color maps; 25 cm

Summary

Draws on experiences and data from a range of cities and countries around the globe in making the case for city planning that moves beyond mobility. Cervero, Guerra, and Al contend that prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. The authors provide an optimistic outlook about the potential to transform places for the better and they celebrate the growing demand for a shift in global thinking around place and mobility in creating better communities, environments, and economies. --Adapted from publisher description.

Alternative Title

Planning cities for people and places

Subjects

• Urban transportation
• City planning > Economic aspects
• City planning > Environmental aspects
• City planning > Social aspects
• TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation
• Land use, Urban
• ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-264) and index.

Contents

• Urban recalibration -- ( Challenges to creating sustainable and just cities -- The case for moving beyond mobility -- Contexts for urban recalibration -- Emerging opportunities and challenges).
• Part one. Making the case. Better communities -- ( Increasing social capital and sociability -- Shared spaced, complete streets, and safety -- Public health and walkability -- Social equity, diversity, and opportunity) -- Better environments -- ( Defining sustainable cities and transport -- Reducing oil dependence -- The climate change: decarbonizing cities and transport -- Local pollution -- Environmental mitigation and urban recalibration) -- Better economies -- ( Lifestyle preferences and economics -- The big picture -- Access and land markets -- Freeways and motorways -- Public transit -- Transport infrastructure in the global south -- Road restraints, pedestrianization, and economic performance -- Urban amenities and nature -- Community designs and economic performance).
• Part two. Contexts and cases. Urban transformations -- ( Dockland conversions -- London docklands -- Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam -- Canalside, Buffalo -- Redevelopment of warehouse districts -- Southside Charlotte, North Carolina -- 22@Barcelona -- Rail-to-greenway conversions -- The High Line, New York City -- The Atlantic BeltLine -- The Great Allegheny Passage -- Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin) -- Suburban transformations -- ( Office park retrofits -- Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California -- Hacienda, Pleasanton, California -- Cottle Transit Village, San Jose, California -- Edge city to suburban TOD: Tysons, Virginia -- Revamped malls and shopping centers -- Other suburban retrofits) -- Transit-oriented development -- ( The TOD process: planning and typologies -- Node versus place -- Nodes of access -- TODs as places -- TOD planning and typologies in Portland -- TOD design and guidelines -- The TOD standard -- Place identity: Oakland's Fruitvale station -- The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon: streetcar-oriented development -- The Beaverton Round, Portland, Oregon: TOD's market limits -- Hong Kong: rail development, place-making, and profiteering -- MTR and R+P -- R+P TOD -- Connecting places in other TOD place types -- Green TODs -- Kid-friendly TODs -- TOD as adaptive reuse: experiences from Dallas) -- Road contraction -- ( Traffic calming -- Car-free districts -- Road dieting -- Green connectors -- Roadway deconstruction and reassignments -- Urban regeneration in Seoul -- Land reclamation in Seoul -- Capitalizing the benefits of greenways -- San Francisco's freeway-to-boulevard conversions -- Neighborhood impacts -- Traffic and safety impacts).
• Part three. Looking forward. The global south -- ( Transit cities -- Nonmotorized cities -- Motorcycle cities -- Designing for a planet of suburbs -- Improving suburban conditions -- Suburban upgrading -- Planning for suburbs -- Enabling mortgage markets -- Organic place-making -- Designing for a transit metropolis -- Transit and TOD challenges in China -- Bus rapid transit -- The TransMilenio experience (Bogotá, Colombia) -- Experiences in Ahmedabad, India -- BRT-land use integration in Guangzhou -- BRT in Indonesia -- Suburban transit investments -- Ciudad Azteca: a different king of TOD -- Medellín Metrocable) -- Emerging technologies -- ( Ride-hailing and shared-ride services -- Driverless cars: the elephant in the room -- The state of driverless cars -- Safety -- Expanding transit options -- A parking revolution -- Getting the price of car travel right -- Freight movement in cities -- Communication technology -- The realm of possibility) -- Toward sustainable urban futures -- ( Density and design -- Megatrends and urban futures -- Aging societies -- Shifting lifestyle preferences and the millennials -- Twenty-first-century employment -- Beyond mobility metrics -- Mobility and sustainability -- Accessibility -- Livability -- Affordability -- Inclusive cities).

Call Number

JFF 20-1235

ISBN

• 9781610918343
• 1610918347

LCCN

2017940670

OCLC

982091884

Author

Cervero, Robert, author.

Title

Beyond mobility : planning cities for people and places / Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, and Stefan Al.

Publisher

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Gender group: Men

Nationality/regional group: Americans

Occupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members

Stefan Al Occupational/field of activity group: Architects

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-264) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.

Added Author

Guerra, Erick, author.

Al, Stefan, author.

Research Call Number

JFF 20-1235