Integrating Transport in the City Reconciling the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions
Congestion in cities is a problem of growing importance. New infrastructure for transport however often gives rise to conflicts about how the cost of new services will be met by the public, and about how the demand for travel can be reconciled with efforts to improve the social and environmental qua...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2000.
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| Colección: | Territorial economy.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705136906719 |
| Sumario: | Congestion in cities is a problem of growing importance. New infrastructure for transport however often gives rise to conflicts about how the cost of new services will be met by the public, and about how the demand for travel can be reconciled with efforts to improve the social and environmental quality of life in cities. Unless these conflicts can be managed, public-private partnerships for investment in new infrastructure will be handicapped. The way forward requires a mix of strategies involving better information and communication with the public, better design of projects to take social and environmental objectives into account, a more comprehensive approach to urban development rather than a sectoral strategy, and a better exchange of expertise between private and public sectors. This book is based on a series of case studies of both successes and failures in countries such as Australia, Japan, the United States, France and the United Kingdom. To inform this major debate and help design new strategies for transport integration in the city, this book puts forward the most promising ways to: - respond to urban travel problems; - enhance public/private partnership; and - raise social acceptability of urban transport infrastructure and road tolls. |
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| Notas: | "Synthesis of work of the international seminar organised jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Urban Affairs Division of the Territorial Development Service, the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing (France), Forward Study Unit of the Directorate for Economic and International Affairs, and the "Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations" (CDC, France)." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (113 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121). |
| ISBN: | 9781280005923 9786610005925 9789264180895 |
