Urban Mobility Theory: 21st Century Urban Transportation and Urban Planning

Author: Dong Guoliang, Zhang Yizhou
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book is divided into 14 chapters, comprehensively elaborating on a new model of sustainable urban development, known as the "Smooth City" model. Its main contents include: the theory of mutual determination between urban transportation and urban space, the scientific basis of urban transportation planning policies and choices, the forecasting of urban transportation prospects, compact cities as sustainable urban forms, a new model of urban transportation, an introduction to the new concept of traffic engineering, new design approaches for urban planning in the automobile era, and the goal system and methods for sustainable urban road traffic planning. This book is suitable for urban planning and design personnel, urban transportation management personnel, and government-related professionals.