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The end of automobile dependence

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Peter Newman

    1. Curtin University Sustainability Institute, Fremantle, Australia

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  2. Jeffrey Kenworthy

    1. Curtin University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  • Leading experts in global transportation show why we are seeing the decline of automobile dependency and what can be done to accelerate the trend

  • Updates their global city database, one of the most extensive on urban transportation in world cities

  • Highlights the advantages of moving towards greater freedom from the automobile

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Rise and Fall of Automobile Dependence

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 1-31

  3. Urban Transportation Patterns and Trends in Global Cities

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 33-76

  4. Emerging Cities and Automobile Dependence

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 77-103

  5. The Theory of Urban Fabrics:

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 105-140

  6. Transportation Planning:

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 141-167

  7. Overcoming Barriers to the End of Automobile Dependence

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 169-200

  8. The End of Automobile Dependence:

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 201-226

  9. Conclusion:

    • Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 227-244

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 245-300
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About this book

In this publication, Newman and Kenworthy look at how we can accelerate a planning approach to designing urban environments that can function reliably and conveniently on alternative modes. They consider a refined and more civilized automobile playing a very much reduced and manageable role in urban transportation. The authors examine the rise and fall of automobile dependence using updated data on 44 global cities to better understand how to facilitate and guide cities to the most productive and sustainable outcomes.
 
This is the final volume in a trilogy by Newman and Kenworthy on automobile dependence (Cities and Automobile Dependence in 1989 and Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence in 1999). Like all good trilogies this one shows the rise of an empire, in this case that of the automobile, the peak of its power, and the decline of that empire.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Curtin University Sustainability Institute, Fremantle, Australia

    Peter Newman

  • Curtin University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Jeffrey Kenworthy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The end of automobile dependence

  • Authors: Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-613-4

  • Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-613-4Published: 14 October 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 308

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environment, general, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

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