Morimoto Akinori (Waseda University Japan) - City And Transportation Planning An Integrated Approach - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Many urban and transportation problems such as traffic congestion traffic accidents and environmental burdens result from poor integration of land use and transportation. This graduate - level textbook outlines strategies for sustainably integrating land use and transportation planning addressing the impact on land use of advanced transport like light rail transit and autonomous cars and the emerging focus on cyber space and the role of ICT and big data in city planning. The text also explores how we can create sustainable cities for the future. In contrast to the "compact city" which has been proposed as an environmentally friendly urban model recent years have seen an acceleration in the introduction of ICT - based "smart city". As people's lives are drastically changed by Covid - 19, a new form of city is being explored. The new concept of a "smart sharing city" is introduced as an urban model that wisely integrates physical and cyber space and presents a way to solve future urban issues with new technologies.
Title: City And Transportation Planning An Integrated Approach
Author(s): Morimoto Akinori (Waseda University Japan)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367636012
Pages: 210 Pages, 8 Tables, Black And White; 69 Line Drawings, Black And White; 19 Halftones, Black And Whi
Publication Date: 8/10/2021
Category: Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building