An Integrated Model of Transport and Urban Evolution
With an Application to a Metropole of an Emerging Nation
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Beschreibung
Gone are the days when mobility was nearly always a question of having a vehicle. Today the issue of road capacity is becoming ever more pressing. Even the safest, most comfortable and 100% emissions-free vehicle is only of limited use if it is stuck in a traffic jam. Mobility is a key human need and an important factor in the economy. It is a matter of logic that a com pany like DaimlerChrysler should make every endeavor to safeguard mo bility, thereby fulfilling humanity's economic, social and environmental needs. Nonetheless, traffic and mobility problems are the inevitable result of a concentration of people and markets. Bombay, Lagos, Shanghai, Jakarta, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Mexico City - virtually half of the world's population is urban-based, and the majority live in the metropolitan regions of the Third World. The mega-cities in the so-called developing nations are facing a dramatic increase in traffic levels. Gridlock looms on the horizon. Should traffic-choked streets become a permanent and daily occurrence, economic development will be held in check and pollution will spiral.
Presents the characteristics of the interrelated dynamics of the traffic system and the regional settlement structure of developing metropoles as well as a mathematical model which is able to capture the interrelated dynamics of traffic and settlement evolution and its application to a fast developing metropole of an emerging nation. Illustrations present in quantitative terms the evolution of traffic and city.
Autor*in
F. Englmann