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America's Addiction to Automobiles - Why Cities Need to Kick the Habit and How (Hardcover)
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America's Addiction to Automobiles - Why Cities Need to Kick the Habit and How (Hardcover)
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A provocative look at our nation's dependency on the automobile and
how its potential impact on urban design will either make or break
our health, economy, and quality of life. In this thought-provoking
work, author and urban planning expert Chad Frederick scrutinizes
the use of automobiles in cities, investigating its role in
exacerbating urban inequalities and thwarting sustainability of
modern society. Through a comprehensive, thoughtful discussion,
Frederick illustrates how the automobile is fundamentally at odds
with the very nature of cities. He shows how cars impose huge
burdens on our health, equity, environment, local and national
economy, and quality of life. Most of all, he shows how automobile
dependency has put our entire society at risk. The book delves into
the monumental role of automobiles in the development of cities
after the Great Depression, impacting the American identity and
affecting the way we produce and manage urban spaces. Frederick
provides compelling evidence that cities with more diverse modes of
transportation are greener, healthier, more prosperous, and even
more enjoyable places to live than automobile-dependent cities. He
identifies one institution responsible for our inability to improve
our cities: the social sciences, and examines the root cause of our
inability to make progress toward more multi-modal cities. In
conclusion, the author offers a radical solution for moving beyond
the underlying logic that forces us to create automobile-dependent
cities. Shows how automobiles in urban areas harm health, economy,
and society overall Explains why some are opposing the movement
toward more multi-modal cities and why 40 years of research in this
area has not resulted in better cities Explores how automobile
dependency exerts enormous power over our daily lives by shaping
the kind and quality of our social interactions, and by influencing
our civic attitudes and worldviews Illustrates the broad impacts of
automobile use that reach into every aspect of modern life: from
public health and income inequality, to environmental quality and
quality of life
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