Urban Access for the 21st Century by Elliott Sclar

Urban Access for the 21st Century by Elliott Sclar

This book sets out a road map for the provision of urban access for all. For most of the last century cities have followed a path of dependency on car dominated urban transport favouring the middle classes. Urban Access for the 21st Century seeks to change this. Policies need to be more inclusive of the accessibility needs of the urban poor. Change requires redesigning the existing public finance systems that support urban mobility. The aim is to diminish their embedded biases towards automobile-based travel. Through a series of chapters from international contributors, the book brings together expertise from different fields. It shows how small changes can incentivize large positive developments in urban transport and create truly accessible cities.

Elliott D. Sclar, Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He is also Professor of Urban Planning in Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, an economist and an urban planner.
Måns Lönnroth, member of the VREF, Volvo Research and Educational Foundations and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Christian Wolmar, author and journalist based in London, specializing in transport. He contributes regularly to national newspapers such as The Times and The Guardian as well as to specialist magazines.

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ISBN 13	9780415720496
ISBN 10	0415720494
Title	Urban Access for the 21st Century
Author	Elliott Sclar
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2014-02-25
Number of pages	290
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