Rethinking Urban Transport After Modernism
Lessons from South Africa
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation
| Author: | David Dewar, Fabio Todeschini | ISBN: | 9781351903523 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Dewar, Fabio Todeschini |
| ISBN: | 9781351903523 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
For the last seven decades, urban settlement policy worldwide has been increasingly dominated by modernist precepts and by urban decisions made in discipline-specific ’silos’. The urban management consequences have been invariably negative, with increasing sprawl, fragmentation and separation resulting in a wide range of environmental, social and economic problems. This book explores the role of movement in a more integrated approach to urban settlement, and how thinking, policies and actions need to change. South Africa is used as a particularly good case study, since patterns of sprawl, fragmentation and separation have been exacerbated by apartheid, while recent legislation has demanded a reversal of these tendencies.
For the last seven decades, urban settlement policy worldwide has been increasingly dominated by modernist precepts and by urban decisions made in discipline-specific ’silos’. The urban management consequences have been invariably negative, with increasing sprawl, fragmentation and separation resulting in a wide range of environmental, social and economic problems. This book explores the role of movement in a more integrated approach to urban settlement, and how thinking, policies and actions need to change. South Africa is used as a particularly good case study, since patterns of sprawl, fragmentation and separation have been exacerbated by apartheid, while recent legislation has demanded a reversal of these tendencies.
