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This work aims to provide a possible specification of the problems
involved in greening the built environment and an articulation of
the solutions. It begins with a discussion of sustainability as a
concept and its applicability to contemporary towns and cities. The
following chapters take up particular aspects of the built
environment and sustainability in greater depth and include the
construction industry, transport, health, planning, community and
equity issues, employment and the economy. The links between
environmental damage, poverty and the economy are all themes in
this book which also focuses on interconnections and on solutions
to these three problems. The final chapter explains how the
achievement of sustainable development is, in the authors' opinion,
dependent on detailed solutions to everyday problems of modern
society.
Originally published in 1988, this book reviews a selection of
national policies and sets them against EU (the former EEC) action
or inaction to sharpen the readers’ understanding of both
national and supranational policies. The book is innovative in its
method of studying the subject and its focus on multi-dimensional
transport issues including the impact of the Common Transport
Policy. The analysis is seen throughout from the consumers’
perspective. The book will be of interest to those concerned with
European transport studies, especially geographers, economists and
planners.
Originally published in 1988, this book reviews a selection of
national policies and sets them against EU (the former EEC) action
or inaction to sharpen the readers' understanding of both national
and supranational policies. The book is innovative in its method of
studying the subject and its focus on multi-dimensional transport
issues including the impact of the Common Transport Policy. The
analysis is seen throughout from the consumers' perspective. The
book will be of interest to those concerned with European transport
studies, especially geographers, economists and planners.
Transport is now a critical problem throughout the world, and it is
set to get worse. Whether it is traffic congestion, crashes (10
million killed and injured each year), noise, air pollution,
landscape destruction, or greenhouse gas emissions (of which
transport is the fastest-growing source), the damage and the costs
from our current forms of transport are dangerously high and
getting worse. Policies and practical measures that can reduce and
eliminate these problems are urgently needed. This Reader contains
16 important contributions on how to improve transport globally.
They are based on sound science, sound people-centred analysis, and
a strong awareness of equity and human rights. And they have been
selected for their originality, the importance of the issues they
focus on, the quality of their insight and their practical
relevance. A further 7 commissioned chapters provide informative
overviews of the transport problems specific to each region of the
world, while the editors' Introduction and Conclusion frames the
discussion and lays out the scale of the challenges we face. As a
whole, the Reader demonstrates what steps can be taken to improve
both transport provision and use, in both the developed and the
developing world, while reducing environmental and health impacts.
It will serve as an invaluable sourcebook for anyone researching or
attempting to address the issues associated with world transport
policy and practice, whether students, planners, business people or
policy-makers.
This work aims to provide a possible specification of the problems
involved in greening the built environment and an articulation of
the solutions. It begins with a discussion of sustainability as a
concept and its applicability to contemporary towns and cities. The
following chapters take up particular aspects of the built
environment and sustainability in greater depth and include the
construction industry, transport, health, planning, community and
equity issues, employment and the economy. The links between
environmental damage, poverty and the economy are all themes in
this book which also focuses on interconnections and on solutions
to these three problems. The final chapter explains how the
achievement of sustainable development is, in the authors' opinion,
dependent on detailed solutions to everyday problems of modern
society.
Quality of Life and Public Management explores the possibility for
a dramatic and significant improvement in quality of life for all
population groups and sub-groups in the UK. Strongly
evidence-based, the book draws on case study data and comparisons
into local and central government structure, funding, policy,
cultures and outcomes from a number of EU countries, such as
Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. It shows that quality of life on
a number of important criteria is superior in these other countries
than it is in the UK. The book makes a strong argument that it is
possible to replicate this success in the UK and that failure to do
so has been the result of failed political institutions, in
particular local government. John Whitelegg examines the impact of
better central and local governance on the welfare of children and
older people. He also looks at the built environment, air quality,
resilience and renewable energy in the UK and gives suggestions for
practical and implementable policies based on evidence and best
practice from other EU cities. The book is rooted in the belief
that every locality can and should have the best possible standards
of health, quality of life, environment, climate change protection
and transport choices that can be found anywhere in the world. This
book will be of great value to students and researchers in the
fields of public management, politics, social work, planning and
public services in general. It also has direct relevance for
professionals in central and local government, councillors,
community groups and NGOs.
It is becoming increasingly urgent to reduce carbon dioxide
emissions, control the spread of new infrastructure and consider
the value of life for future generations, the poor and those
deprived of human rights by planning systems that place economics
above environmental and social justice. This book highlights
creative work on world transport policy u a major contributor to
environmental and social degradation u and suggests practical
initiatives to achieve a reduction in global dependency on cars,
lorries and aircraft. It includes international contributions that
honestly evaluate the track record of transport planning,
engineering and economics, which cut across traditional
disciplinary boundaries.
Quality of Life and Public Management explores the possibility for
a dramatic and significant improvement in quality of life for all
population groups and sub-groups in the UK. Strongly
evidence-based, the book draws on case study data and comparisons
into local and central government structure, funding, policy,
cultures and outcomes from a number of EU countries, such as
Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. It shows that quality of life on
a number of important criteria is superior in these other countries
than it is in the UK. The book makes a strong argument that it is
possible to replicate this success in the UK and that failure to do
so has been the result of failed political institutions, in
particular local government. John Whitelegg examines the impact of
better central and local governance on the welfare of children and
older people. He also looks at the built environment, air quality,
resilience and renewable energy in the UK and gives suggestions for
practical and implementable policies based on evidence and best
practice from other EU cities. The book is rooted in the belief
that every locality can and should have the best possible standards
of health, quality of life, environment, climate change protection
and transport choices that can be found anywhere in the world. This
book will be of great value to students and researchers in the
fields of public management, politics, social work, planning and
public services in general. It also has direct relevance for
professionals in central and local government, councillors,
community groups and NGOs.
This book offers a critical examination of existing cycling
structures and the current policy and practices used to promote
cycling. An international range of contributors provide an
interdisciplinary analysis of the complex cultural politics of
infrastructural provision and interrogate the pervasive bias
against cyclists in city planning and transport systems across the
globe. Infrastructural planning is revealed to be an intensely
political act and its meaning variable according to larger
political processes and contexts. The book also considers questions
surrounding safety and risk, urban space wars and sustainable
futures, connecting this to broader questions about citizenship and
justice in contemporary cities.
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