Mobility and Environment: Humanists versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education - Couverture souple

Poli, Corrado

 
9789401782142: Mobility and Environment: Humanists versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9401782148 ISBN 13 : 9789401782142
Editeur : Springer, 2014

Synopsis

Mobility and Environment calls for a mobility revolution which does not simply mean taking a bus instead of a car: it implies a dramatic shift in the political debate from a technical to a political culture. The author introduces his book by disputing “non-political” Sustainable Development policies which are among the major culprits for the conservatism in environmental policies.

For at least forty years, urban mobility policies, based on compulsive infrastructure building, have failed both in satisfying transportation demand and in coping with high environmental impacts. Nonetheless decision-makers keep employing the same professionals and therefore they act as shepherds who commit their sheep in the wolf’s custody. Corrado Poli treats mobility policy as a political, ethical, social and educational issue rather than as a mere civil engineering one.

Mobility and Environment challenges some deeply entrenched professional and economic monopolies which negatively affect urban and transportation planning in North America and Europe, and argues the old idea which bounded transportation and communication. A real environmentalist effort in traffic planning should begin from new technologies and from the analysis of citizens preferences. A series of new projects are presented which include mobility demand reduction and focus on democracy in planning.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Compulsive infrastructure building has not satisfied transportation demand, yet it has led to major environmental damage. This appeal for a ‘mobility revolution’ calls for a dramatic shift in the debate to make it a political rather than an engineering issue.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9401782148
ISBN 13 
9789401782142
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
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9789400712195: Mobility and Environment: Humanists Versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  9400712197 ISBN 13 :  9789400712195
Editeur : Springer, 2011
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