Slow cities : conquering our speed addiction for health and sustainability /
"Slow Cities counterintuitively demonstrates that by reducing the speed of travel within cities, residents save time and create a more sustainable, livable and healthy city. Utilizing research from multiple disciplinary perspectives, it identifies effective methods, strategies and policies for...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Slow Cities counterintuitively demonstrates that by reducing the speed of travel within cities, residents save time and create a more sustainable, livable and healthy city. Utilizing research from multiple disciplinary perspectives, it identifies effective methods, strategies and policies for decreasing the speed of motorized traffic and how to move towards a transport modal shift to walking, cycling and public transit. The book offers a holistic assessment of the impact of speed on daily behavior and life choices, examining speed's impact on the interaction between transport and land use, housing density, and the distribution of city commerce, services and schools."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0128153172 9780128153178 |