Download or read book Planning Better Cities written by Halvard Dalheim and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides an accessible, practical guide to the strategic planning process required for the preparation of city plans from entire metropolitan areas to town centres. It fills a gap in the academic literature on the topic of strategic planning. Its conceptual and practical content together with a student friendly style and high use of practical examples make it accessible to both the student and recent graduate. Its presentation in three parts allows the reader or course leader to access those sections relevant to either their learning requirements or day-to-day work activities. The book is clearly structured into three-parts and provides flexibility in approach and learning for students taking relevant planning courses. The extensive reading list at the conclusion of each chapter provides the student with an opportunity to explore in more detail the individual topics. The practical approach equips the recent graduate with a deeper understanding of the purpose of each element of strategic planning from how to prepare a research brief to how to approach community engagement activities.
Download or read book The Mebourne Rail Plan 2020 2050 written by The Rail Futures Institute and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Melbourne Rail Plan (MRP) is a blueprint for the next thirty years of rail development in Melbourne to support a projected population exceeding 8 million by 2050. It follows the Rail Future's 2016 report InterCity that proposes "shrinking distance" through faster rail connections between Melbourne and regional cities in Victoria. The challenges of population growth require fundamental shifts in strategic transport policy. The MRP presents a strategy for rail-based transport modes within the broader context of a multi-modal transport system - integrating heavy rail, light rail, Medium Capacity Transit (MCT), tram, bus and active transport (walking and cycling) into a cohesive grid network. Such development, through phased investment, will significantly reduce Melbourne's car dependency and thereby benefit the city's liveability, economic performance, social fabric and environmental sustainability; and make an important contribution to meeting the Government's statutory obligations and planning objectives. The MRP sets out staged priorities for phased implementation of its proposals to 2050, to balance ambitious and conservative initiatives with realistic funding capacity.
Download or read book Drawdown written by Paul Hawken and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • New York Times bestseller • The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” —Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.
Download or read book Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability written by Javier Martinez and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides the latest research related to quality of life and sustainability, taking into account social, economic, environmental, and political/governance aspects as well as specific socio-spatial contexts. The volume includes contributions from established and upcoming scholars from various disciplines and geographical contexts (Global South and North). The varying cultural and socio-spatial contexts of the authors in the selected cases contribute to first-hand knowledge on the realities of sustainability issues affecting the quality of life. The authors apply a wide diversity of methods and tools, which facilitates a unique understanding of the interlinkages between quality of life and sustainability. The chapters are grouped in three main sections: concepts and foundations; tools, techniques, and applications; and innovations. The authors provide their own view and theoretical approximation of the dimensions of sustainability, in particular on how these dimensions play out in relation to quality of life. The combination of sustainability and quality of life concepts and perspectives is particularly important in unravelling the multi-faceted nature of human, urban, rural/spatial development.
Download or read book A Very Public Solution written by Paul Mees and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cities Economies and COVID 19 Pandemic written by Himanshu Kumar and published by Himanshu Kumar. This book was released on 2020-11-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this research is to have an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of transmission of the coronavirus, the factors that control the spread of the virus, and to suggest sustainable solutions for a robust economy and healthy lives during the pandemic. The study detail out the relationship between the transmission of the virus and various type of spaces of a city such as residential, retail, workplaces, public transport and recreational to understand the process of the transmission. The study also explores the role of probability and psychological factors in shaping the pandemic. The research methodology is based on a systematic review of most of the recent research papers related to the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and non-pharmaceutical preventive measures. The study inferred the factors such as type of space, duration of stay, randomness and close contact are important to understand the spread of the virus in cities. At regional level, the factors such as housing overcrowding, urban densities, government response, weather condition play important role in shaping the pandemic. One of the major findings is the relationship between education, economic prosperity, domestic peace and the spread of the virus. The study suggests two main proposals to minimize the spread of the virus in workplaces and public transport. The segregation of spaces in workplaces and public spaces can help us to avoid close contact between people and random movement of people. This study proposed 5 classifications of spaces to maintain 2m social distancing and 15 SQM minimum office space per person. The study develops a sustainable 24- Hour Economy model to stretch the working hours of most of economic activities to 24-Hour a day and 7 days a week. The concept of Staggered Work hour and Staggered Work days has been used to reduce daily and hourly trips. The analysis of modelling is done on the basis of hourly-trips data, economic activities’ workforce data for London city. The detail modeling shows 35-53% of public transport based trips can be efficiently reduced in metropolitan areas during peak hours. And on average 40-50% occupancy of the office space can be reduced during working hours.
Download or read book Linking People and Spaces written by Parks Victoria and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ESRI Map Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Australia 2019 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has managed to decouple economic growth from the main environmental pressures and has made impressive progress in expanding protected areas. However, it is one of the most resource- and carbon-intensive OECD countries, and the state of its biodiversity is poor and worsening. Advancing ...
Download or read book Fast Train Fever written by Marion Terrill and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's no doubt fast trains are popular. Every ten years or so, there's a grand new proposal; the latest is federal Labor's plan for a bullet train from Melbourne to Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane. Federal and state governments also have a suite of more modest upgrades to existing services linking regional centres to Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane. This report shows that while a bullet train may be a captivating idea, it's not realistic for Australia. Our population is small and spread over vast distances; the countries most like us - Canada and the US - don't have bullet trains either.
Download or read book Corridor Protection written by Infrastructure Australia and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bus Transport written by David A. Hensher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bus Transport: Demand, Economics, Contracting, and Policy examines in one source the most critical and current research themes of public transport relevant to regulators, planners, operators, researchers and educators. It highlights the wider economic impacts of public transport and compares energy usage across all public transport modes. The book examines the evolving debate on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and includes discussion of such themes as; public image issues, performance measurement and monitoring, contract procurement and design models, travel choice and demand, and global public transport reform. The book reflects the leading perspectives on the preservation and health of the bus sector, intending to move public transport reform forward.
Download or read book Transport and Climate Change written by Tim Ryley and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the 'Transport & Climate Change' session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on the relationship between transport and climate change.
Download or read book Review of Maritime Transport 2020 written by United Nations and published by UN. This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts.
Download or read book Mechanics Magazine written by John I Knight and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book COVID 19 and Transport in Asia and the Pacific written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic and social impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been dramatic, and transport has played a central role in its spread. The transport sector has also enabled essential workers to get to work during the pandemic and will support the needs of the population throughout the different stages of recovery. This guidance note presents (i) the impacts of the pandemic on social and travel behaviors in Asia and the Pacific, and how the transport sector is responding; and (ii) guiding principles and good practices in transport operations to support economic recovery.
Download or read book ITF Research Reports Moving Freight with Better Trucks Improving Safety Productivity and Sustainability written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report identifies potential improvements in terms of more effective safety and environmental regulation for trucks, backed by better systems of enforcement, and identifies opportunities for greater efficiency and higher productivity.
