Land and Limits

Land and Limits
Author: Susan Owens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136834834

This book explores the impact of an influential idea – sustainable development – on the institutions and practices governing use of land. The new edition adds a Foreword by Professor John Forester as well as a substantial chapter by the authors in which they reflect on the arguments propounded in the book in the light of subsequent events.

Land and Limits

Land and Limits
Author: Susan E. Owens
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415162769

In a new and critical analysis, this book explores the impact of an influential idea - sustainable development - on the institutions and practices governing use of land. It examines the paradox that in spite of increasing attention to sustainability, land use conflict is as ubiquitous and intense as ever.

Sustainable Transport

Sustainable Transport
Author: Rodney Tolley
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 740
Release: 2003-09-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780849317835

With a wide range of contributions from America, Australia, Europe as well as the UK, Creating Sustainable Transport sums up many of the lessons learned and how they can be applied in improved planning. Non-motorized transport planning depends on combining improvements to infrastructure with education. The book examines both national strategies and local initiatives in cities around the world, including such topics as changes to existing road infrastructure and the integration of cycling and walking with public transport. The contributors consider topics such as developing healthier travel habits and ways of promoting cycling and walking as alternatives to the car.

The Politics of Agenda Setting

The Politics of Agenda Setting
Author: Nick Robinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2019-07-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351732986

This title was first published in 2000. A timely look at the politics of agenda setting in relation to the car, under both the Conservative and Labour governments since the late 1980s.

Integrated Transport

Integrated Transport
Author: Moshe Givoni
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-07-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136965483

Addressing how the integration of transportation systems could promote more sustainable travel, this book covers case studies, governmental policy and future travel usage in this comprehensive look at how multimodal travel could become more cohesive.

The Access Manual

The Access Manual
Author: Ann Sawyer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1405178639

The Access Manual was first published in November 2003 and has been used by architects and facilities managers needing to meet the requirements of new legislation in 2004. It was well received by design, management, access, and health professionals.

Transport Policy in Britain

Transport Policy in Britain
Author: Stephen Glaister
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230214258

This comprehensively revised and updated new edition of the leading text in the field provides full coverage of the historical, political and European context of British transport policy, of the new financial and regulatory regimes of the Twenty-first century and of the impact of such major new initiatives as London's congestion charge.

British Planning Policy in Transition

British Planning Policy in Transition
Author: Mark Tewdwr-Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135365636

First Published in 1995. This book aims to consider the statutory planning policy system in Britain at the present time (1995) and predominantly takes as a starting point the development of the current processes in the period since 1989–90. The choice of time period for the study is deliberate and has been governed by two main issues. First, it coincides with the publication in 1989 of a government White Paper on the future of development plans. This paper had immense implications for the statutory planning system and effectively precipitated a new era for the future framework of planning policy. Secondly, 1990 marks the end of Margaret Thatcher’s period as Prime Minister and, since we are discussing British planning policy within the context of changing political climates, it is appropriate to assess the statutory planning process under John Major’s administration. The resultant essays which have been assembled therefore take the planning policy changes of the last five years as the focus of study and provide a context within which an in-depth analysis of inter-governmental planning relations may occur.

Transport Policy and Planning in Great Britain

Transport Policy and Planning in Great Britain
Author: Peter Headicar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2009-04-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134104960

Transport in the twenty-first century represents a significant challenge at the global and the local scale. Aided by over sixty clear illustrations, Peter Headicar disentangles this complex, modern issue in five parts, offering critical insights into: the nature of transport the evolution of policy and planning policy instruments planning procedures the contemporary agenda. Distinctive features include the links forged throughout between transport and spatial planning, which are often neglected. Designed as an essential text for transport planning students and as a source of reference for planning practitioners, it also furthers understanding of related fields such as urban and regional planning, geography, environmental studies and public policy. Based in the postgraduate course the author developed at Oxford Brookes University, this indispensable text draws on a lifetime of professional experience in the field.

Cities and Climate Change

Cities and Climate Change
Author: Michelle Betsill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2003-08-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1134480725

Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability. Cities and Climate Change is the first in-depth analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change. The book argues that key challenges concerning the resources and powers of local government, as well as conflicts between local goals for economic development and climate change mitigation, have restricted the level of local action on climate change. These findings have significant implications for the prospects of mitigating climate change and achieving urban sustainability. This book provides a valuable interdisciplinary analysis of these issues, and will appeal to students and researchers interested in sustainability at local and global scales.