Urban Transport Development is a contribution to the ongoing global discussion on the future of urban transport. The main themes are how to cope with the complexity of urban transport development and the process of change including its determining factors. The role of leadership in the development process is the key issue. Main areas of discussion are the historical background, the diversity and complexity of present problems, and the outcome of attempts to promote positive future development in urban environments around the world.
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the quality of the environment, the raising of the standard of living and quality of life, and economic and social cohesion and solidarity among Member States. (Art. 2) - Page 231
and Environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of the Community policies and activities referred to in Article 3 - Page 231
Any action by the Community shall not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of this Treaty. - Page 231
the Department of History of Science and Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden; he holds a - Page xiii
he is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and of the Royal - Page xiv
Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature Review, - Page 139
at the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley; he - Page xii
ISOTOPE (“Improved Structure and Organisation for urban Transport Operations of Passengers in Europe”), - Page 56
are currently 12 partners in the scheme. Three of the partners leave city centre deliveries at the premises of a fourth. The latter then delivers all the goods involved in the city centre area. A second group of five partners delivers all its goods to one depot located near the city centre. An independent contractor - Page 183
China is a developing country with the largest population in the world. - Page 87
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+ By Gunilla Jönson, Emin Tengström
+ Published 2005, Springer
+ 301 pages
+ ISBN 3540253769