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Author: Alan Cunningham Publisher: ISBN: 9781906860295 Category : Sustainable development Languages : en Pages : 0
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A comprehensive look at creating a sustainable vision for the future of American transportation This book describes how America has built its urban areas to be utterly dependent on everyone having access to private cars, with distances between daily amenities not suited for walking or cycling and acres of free parking always part of development. Alan Cunningham has done extensive original research to show how urban planning needs to be done to put public transit, walking, and cycling back on an even footing with the car. The key is to develop a public transit infrastructure with urban hubs, so people can travel longer distances quickly and arrive within walking or cycling distance of their destination. Without demonizing the automobile, the book shows how other transportation options could out-compete the car for prosperity, public health, and well-being.
Author: Alan Cunningham Publisher: ISBN: 9781906860295 Category : Sustainable development Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive look at creating a sustainable vision for the future of American transportation This book describes how America has built its urban areas to be utterly dependent on everyone having access to private cars, with distances between daily amenities not suited for walking or cycling and acres of free parking always part of development. Alan Cunningham has done extensive original research to show how urban planning needs to be done to put public transit, walking, and cycling back on an even footing with the car. The key is to develop a public transit infrastructure with urban hubs, so people can travel longer distances quickly and arrive within walking or cycling distance of their destination. Without demonizing the automobile, the book shows how other transportation options could out-compete the car for prosperity, public health, and well-being.
Author: Steve Melia Publisher: UIT CAMBRIDGE Limited ISBN: 1906860270 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book questions the misunderstandings that have influenced politicians, transport planners, and the general public, asking: Are governments trying to get us out of our cars? Is better public transport the solution to congestion in cities? What effect would more house building have on traffic and transport? Using seven British and European cities as case studies, "Sustainable Transport Without the Hot Air" finds solutions. Interviews with political leaders, such as Ken Livingstone; transport planners; and campaigners, including Bill Bryson, reveal some surprising conclusions to remedy urban transport problems."
Author: Steve Melia Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 190686067X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 264
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The UK population will reach 70 million by 2027. How will all these people get around? Is building more, wider roads really the solution? If you've ever studied, worked in or used transport, there's a good chance you'll have stopped one day and asked yourself 'why?'. With population numbers rising and more than three-quarters of the British population living in urban areas, cities are becoming congested – and the air increasingly stinky! In Volume 1 of Urban Transport without the hot air, transport and planning specialist Steve Melia dispels long-standing myths surrounding transportation issues in the United Kingdom. From car ownership, public transport and cycling to airports and the belief that we're building too many flats, he discusses the challenges and values of urban planning. This is also a practical book filled with sustainable solutions to improve the future of our transport system. By drawing on the experience of London, Bristol, Cambridge and other European towns, Steve argues that we can create cleaner and more pleasant places to live, and a more sustainable economy. It also includes evidence from both Steve's research, and studies carried out by respected academics and experts, providing reliable and informative insights on urban living. Persuasive and accessibly written, and is a must-read for anyone interested or involved in transport and urban planning.
Author: Julian Allwood Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1906860696 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 415
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Now in its second edition, Sustainable Materials shows how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs. Materials, transformed from natural resources into the buildings, equipment, vehicles and goods that underpin our remarkable lifestyle, are made with amazing efficiency. But our growing demand is not sustainable. Production of just five materials – steel, aluminium, paper, plastics and cement – accounts for 55% of industrial emissions, and demand for materials will double by 2050. Can we continue to live well but use less materials? So far people have considered the problem with only one eye open, hoping for a magic solution (such as carbon capture and storage). But with both eyes open we have a whole new set of options. Rather than making more materials, we can use them more wisely – with less material, keeping them for longer, re-using their parts and more. These options make a huge difference: we really could set up our children with a more sustainable life, without compromising our own. Sustainable Materials faces up to the impacts of making materials in the 21st century. Drawing on their experiences working with innovative materials as well as the facts and findings of their research, Julian Allwood and Jonathan Cullen provide an evidence-based vision of change that will allow us to make our future more sustainable. Packed with hundreds of colour photos and helpful graphs and diagrams, Sustainable Materials provides a thorough analysis of the problems that we face through wasteful attitudes and the growing demand for materials, as well as an evaluation of practical and achievable solutions for the future. The first edition of this optimistic and richly-informed book was listed as one of Bill Gate's top reads in 2015, and was also chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title by ACRL Choice magazine. This up-to-date, revised edition is perfect for anyone with an interest in sustainability.
Author: David Nutt Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 0857844962 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 449
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The dangers of illegal drugs are well known and rarely disputed, but how harmful are alcohol and tobacco by comparison? The issue of what a drug is and how we should live with them affects us all: parents, teachers, users – anyone who has taken a painkiller or drunk a glass of wine. Written by renowned psychiatrist, Professor David Nutt, Drugs without the hot air casts a refreshingly honest light on drugs and answers crucial questions that are rarely ever disputed. What are we missing by banning medical research into magic mushrooms, LSD and cannabis? Can they be sources of valuable treatments? How can psychedelics treat depression? Drugs without the hot air covers a wide range of topics, from addiction and whether addictive personalities exist to the role of cannabis in treating epilepsy, an overview on the opioid crisis, and an assessment of how harmful vaping is. This new expanded and revised second edition includes even more details on international policies, particularly in the US. David's research has won international support, reducing drug-related harm by introducing policies that are founded on scientific evidence. But there is still a lot to be done. Accessibly written, this much-awaited second edition is an important book for everyone that brings us all up to date with the 'war of drugs'.
Author: Docherty, Iain Publisher: Policy Press ISBN: 1447329589 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 452
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This book shows that transport matters. Comprising a series of highly accessible chapters written by respected experts, it reviews key transport issues and explains how and why effective and efficient transport is fundamental to successfully addressing all manner of public policy goals. Contributors explore how we ‘do’ transport, as a result of the technologies available to us and the cultures surrounding how we use them, and examine how this has significant social, economic and environmental consequences. They also provide key recommendations for how we could do things differently to bring about a happier, healthier and more economically secure future for all of us.
Author: Sarah Bridle Publisher: without the hot air ISBN: 0857845039 Category : Agricultural industries Languages : en Pages : 0
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A quarter of carbon emissions is from food. This accessible, quantitative description of how food and climate change are connected, inspired by the author's former mentor David Mackay (Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air), steers clear of emotive words to focus on facts.
Author: Hugh Barton Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315438666 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 438
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City of Well-being provides a radical and holistic introduction to the science and art of town planning. It starts from the premise that the purpose of planning is the health, well-being and sustainable quality of life of people. Drawing on current and historic examples it offers inspiration, information and an integrated perspective which challenges all professions and decision-makers that affect the urban environment. It is both authoritative and readable, designed for students, practitioners, politicians and civil society. The science. Summarizing the most recent research, the book demonstrates the interrelationships between the huge issues of obesity, unhealthy lifestyles, inequality, mental illness, climate change and environmental quality. The radical implications for transport, housing, economic, social and energy policies are spelt out. The art and politics. The book examines how economic development really happens, and how spatial decisions reinforce or undermine good intentions. It searches for the creative strategies, urban forms and neighbourhood designs that can marry the ideal with the real. The relationship of planning and politics is tackled head-on, leading to conclusions about the role of planners, communities and development agencies in a pluralistic society. Healthy planning principles could provide a powerful logical motivation for all practitioners.
Author: Nicholas Low Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0415529034 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 290
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This work confronts head-on the dilemma faced by a world wedded to mobility: the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuelled path and the real paucity of viable technological alternatives which can be deployed in time.
Author: Alan Cunningham
Author: Alan Cunningham
Author: Steve Melia
Author: Steve Melia
Author: Julian Allwood
Author: David Nutt
Author: Docherty, Iain
Author: Sarah Bridle
Author: David J. C. MacKay
Author: Hugh Barton
Author: Nicholas Low