Institutional barriers to sustainable transport /
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| Author / Creator: | Curtis, Carey. |
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| Imprint: | Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Transport and mobility series Transport and mobility series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11157689 |
| Summary: | Through an examination of transport planning in Australia, this book challenges conventional wisdom by showing, through original research, how 'car dependence' is as much an institutional as a technical phenomenon. The authors' case studies in three metropolitan cities show how transport policy has become institutionally fixated on a path dominated by private, road-based transport and how policy systems become encrusted around investment to accommodate private cars, erecting an impenetrable barrier against more sustainable mobility and accessibility solutions. The findings are applicable to most cities of the developed world, and to fields beyond transport planning. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754693901 0754693902 1283591006 9781283591003 9781409484103 1409484106 9780754676928 0754676927 |