Urban transport in the developing world a handbook of policy and practice
Dimitriou, Harry T. Ed.
Urban transport in the developing world a handbook of policy and practice - Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing Limited 2011 - xxiii,631p.
Contents
Notes on editors vii
Notes on contributors ix
Preface by Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer xvi
Acknowledgements xxiv
PARTI SETTING THE CONTEXT
1Introduction 3
Ralph Gakenheimer and Harry T. Dimitriou
2 Transport and city development: understanding the
fundamentals 8
Harry T. Dimitriou
3 Land use and transport in rapidly motorizing cities: contexts of controversy 40
Ralph Gakenheimer
PART II IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES "
An international comparative perspective on fast-rising
motorization and automobile dependence 7l
Jeffrey Kenworthy
5 The future of energy for urban transport 113
Andreas Schafer
6 Environmental challenges of urban transport: the impacts
of motorization 137
John Ernst
7 Economic fall-out of failing urban transport systems:
an institutional analysis 174
Elliott Sclar and Julie Touber
8 Non-motorized urban transport as neglected modes 203
V. Setty Pendakur
9 Poverty and urban mobility: diagnosis toward a new
understanding 232
Xavier Godard
10 Institutional and political support for urban transport 262
Edward Dot son
PART III NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
11 Environmental evaluation in urban transport 305
Michael Replogle
12 Equity evaluation of urban transport 332
Eduardo A. Vasconcellos
13 Use and abuse of economic appraisal of urban transport
Projects 359
Walter Hook
14 Road crashes and low-income cities: impacts and options 386
Amy Aeron-Thomas and Goff Jacobs
15 Bus rapid transit: a review of recent advances 421
Lloyd Wright
16 Rail rapid transit advances 456
Roger J. Allport
17 Informal public transport: a global perspective 488
Robert Cervero and Aaron Golub
18 Options for travel demand management: traffic bans versus pricing 519
Anjali Mahendra
19 Mainstreaming sustainable urban transport: putting the pieces together 548
Christopher Zegras
20 Conclusions: emergent crucial themes 589
Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer
Name Index 605
Subject Index 611
9781847202055
388.4 / DIM
Urban transport in the developing world a handbook of policy and practice - Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing Limited 2011 - xxiii,631p.
Contents
Notes on editors vii
Notes on contributors ix
Preface by Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer xvi
Acknowledgements xxiv
PARTI SETTING THE CONTEXT
1Introduction 3
Ralph Gakenheimer and Harry T. Dimitriou
2 Transport and city development: understanding the
fundamentals 8
Harry T. Dimitriou
3 Land use and transport in rapidly motorizing cities: contexts of controversy 40
Ralph Gakenheimer
PART II IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES "
An international comparative perspective on fast-rising
motorization and automobile dependence 7l
Jeffrey Kenworthy
5 The future of energy for urban transport 113
Andreas Schafer
6 Environmental challenges of urban transport: the impacts
of motorization 137
John Ernst
7 Economic fall-out of failing urban transport systems:
an institutional analysis 174
Elliott Sclar and Julie Touber
8 Non-motorized urban transport as neglected modes 203
V. Setty Pendakur
9 Poverty and urban mobility: diagnosis toward a new
understanding 232
Xavier Godard
10 Institutional and political support for urban transport 262
Edward Dot son
PART III NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
11 Environmental evaluation in urban transport 305
Michael Replogle
12 Equity evaluation of urban transport 332
Eduardo A. Vasconcellos
13 Use and abuse of economic appraisal of urban transport
Projects 359
Walter Hook
14 Road crashes and low-income cities: impacts and options 386
Amy Aeron-Thomas and Goff Jacobs
15 Bus rapid transit: a review of recent advances 421
Lloyd Wright
16 Rail rapid transit advances 456
Roger J. Allport
17 Informal public transport: a global perspective 488
Robert Cervero and Aaron Golub
18 Options for travel demand management: traffic bans versus pricing 519
Anjali Mahendra
19 Mainstreaming sustainable urban transport: putting the pieces together 548
Christopher Zegras
20 Conclusions: emergent crucial themes 589
Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer
Name Index 605
Subject Index 611
9781847202055
388.4 / DIM