Transit Villages in the 21st Century
Published on 1. November 1996
Book
Hardback
387 pages
978-0-07-005475-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a guide to the new wave of "transit villages", communities that hug metropolitan rail systems in order to reduce "gridlock" and expedite growth. It shows how this new approach to urban development encourages community development, and includes case studies of successful transit villages.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
146 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-005475-2 (9780070054752)
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Content
Part I: Transit Villages: Retrospective and Prospective.
Transit Villages and the Contemporary Metropolis.
America's Early Transit Villages.
Part II: The Case for Transit Villages.
Transit Villages and Public Policy.
The Built Environment and the Demand for Transit.
Part III: Transit Villages in America.
San Francisco Bay Area: Transit's New Urbanism.
Washington, D.
C.
: Post Edge City.
Southern California: Transit Villages in the Heartland of the Automobile.
New York: Commuter Town Revival.
IV: Transit Villages Abroad.
Stockholm: The Sustainable Metropolis.
Tokyo: Transit Villages and the Private Railway.
Singapore: The Master Planned Metropolis.
Part V: Into the Future.
Building Transit Villages in the Real World.
Building Transit Villages in the 21st Century.
Transit Villages and the Contemporary Metropolis.
America's Early Transit Villages.
Part II: The Case for Transit Villages.
Transit Villages and Public Policy.
The Built Environment and the Demand for Transit.
Part III: Transit Villages in America.
San Francisco Bay Area: Transit's New Urbanism.
Washington, D.
C.
: Post Edge City.
Southern California: Transit Villages in the Heartland of the Automobile.
New York: Commuter Town Revival.
IV: Transit Villages Abroad.
Stockholm: The Sustainable Metropolis.
Tokyo: Transit Villages and the Private Railway.
Singapore: The Master Planned Metropolis.
Part V: Into the Future.
Building Transit Villages in the Real World.
Building Transit Villages in the 21st Century.