An Integrated Model of Transport and Urban Evolution - With an Application to a Metropole of an Emerging Nation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)

Gone are the days when mobility was nearly always a question of having a vehicle. Today the issue of road capacity is becoming ever more pressing. Even the safest, most comfortable and 100% emissions-free vehicle is only of limited use if it is stuck in a traffic jam. Mobility is a key human need and an important factor in the economy. It is a matter of logic that a com pany like DaimlerChrysler should make every endeavor to safeguard mo bility, thereby fulfilling humanity's economic, social and environmental needs. Nonetheless, traffic and mobility problems are the inevitable result of a concentration of people and markets. Bombay, Lagos, Shanghai, Jakarta, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Mexico City - virtually half of the world's population is urban-based, and the majority live in the metropolitan regions of the Third World. The mega-cities in the so-called developing nations are facing a dramatic increase in traffic levels. Gridlock looms on the horizon. Should traffic-choked streets become a permanent and daily occurrence, economic development will be held in check and pollution will spiral."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	1999
Contributors:	F. Englmann
Editors:	Wolfgang Weidlich • Gunter Haag
Contributors:	K. Grutzmann • G. Haag • P. Nijkamp • Y.S. Popkov • A. Reggiani • T. Sigg • W. Weidlich
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	186
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-64317-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Automotive technology > General
LSN:	3-642-64317-5
Barcode:	9783642643170

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