A Future of Polycentric Cities
How Urban Life, Land Supply, Smart Technologies and Sustainable Transport Are Reshaping Cities
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Beschreibung
In this book, Dr Cole Hendrigan examines the options for sustainable transport and land-use planning based on building heights, mixes of land-use, transportation mode capacity and others to build the next generation of parks, housing, commercial and retail spaces along high-capacity rail corridors. Following the paradigm of ‘Transit Oriented Development’, Dr Hendrigan provides unique knowledge and insights on how to best make the transition towards more sustainable and livable cities, offering a practical method to better integrate transport and urban development to this end.
In this book, Dr Cole Hendrigan examines the options for sustainable transport and land-use planning based on building heights, mixes of land-use, transportation mode capacity and others to build the next generation of parks, housing, commercial and retail spaces along high-capacity rail corridors. Following the paradigm of ‘Transit Oriented Development’, Dr Hendrigan provides unique knowledge and insights on how to best make the transition towards more sustainable and livable cities, offering a practical method to better integrate transport and urban development to this end.
Provides unique knowledge and insights on how to best make the transition towards more sustainable and livable cities Offers a practical method on how to better integrate transport and urban development to this end, following the paradigm of ‘Transit Oriented Development’ Points to key criteria and design ideals, and provides a useful method clearly built to be applied in concrete situations Will broadly appeal to students and researchers in in planning and urban design, as well as professional engineers, planners, architects and landscape architects. Also decision makers at the municipal level
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Cole Hendrigan
Themen in »A Future of Polycentric Cities«
planning urban design future cities Transit Oriented Development polycentric cities walkability smart technology placemaking urban geography and urbanism