Travel and mobility

N.S. Ferguson, Lee Woods, M Jenks (Editor), C Jones (Editor)

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Abstract

Combating the undesirable effects of mobility in cities caused by the use of the private car has become a key issue in the development of sustainable urban policy. Associated with car use are a number of well-documented problems including rising levels of energy consumption, road congestion, greenhouse gas emissions and pollution as well as road safety, health and severance effects (European Commission, 2007a). Underlying these problems is a complex process which involves interaction between rising levels of car ownership, the development of road transport provision and the location decisions of individuals and businesses in and around cities. The process has resulted in the emergence of new urban forms typified by the decentralisation of activities and the unstructured expansion of urban areas into the surrounding countryside otherwise known as urban sprawl (European Environment Agency, 2006). New suburban residential neighbourhoods, characterised by low density, single-use development, reinforce the dominance of the car as the principal, or sometimes sole, form of transport to access everyday activities.
LanguageEnglish
Title of host publicationDimensions of the Sustainable City
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherSpringer
Pages53-74
Number of pages21
Edition2
ISBN (Print)978-1-4020-8646-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Publication series

NameFuture City
PublisherSpringer

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Keywords

  • mobility in cities
  • private car
  • sustainable urban policy
  • energy consumption
  • road congestion
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • pollution
  • road safety
  • transport provision

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Ferguson, N. S., Woods, L., Jenks, M. (Ed.), & Jones, C. (Ed.) (2009). Travel and mobility. In Dimensions of the Sustainable City (2 ed., pp. 53-74). (Future City). London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8647-2
Ferguson, N.S. ; Woods, Lee ; Jenks, M (Editor) ; Jones, C (Editor). / Travel and mobility. Dimensions of the Sustainable City. 2. ed. London : Springer, 2009. pp. 53-74 (Future City).
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Ferguson, NS, Woods, L, Jenks, M (ed.) & Jones, C (ed.) 2009, Travel and mobility. in Dimensions of the Sustainable City. 2 edn, Future City, Springer, London, pp. 53-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8647-2

Travel and mobility. / Ferguson, N.S.; Woods, Lee; Jenks, M (Editor); Jones, C (Editor).

Dimensions of the Sustainable City. 2. ed. London : Springer, 2009. p. 53-74 (Future City).

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