Beyond Mobility : Planning Cities for People and Places

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Urban Recalibration -- Challenges to Creating Sustainable and Just Cities -- The Case for Moving Beyond Mobility -- Contexts for Urban Recalibration -- Emerging Opportunities and Challenges -- Part I: Making the Case -- 2. Better Communities -- Increasing Social Capital and Sociability -- Shared Spaces, Complete Streets, and Safety -- Public Health and Walkability -- Social Equity, Diversity, and Opportunity -- 3. Better Environments -- Defining Sustainable Cities and Transport -- Reducing Oil Dependence -- The Climate Challenge: Decarbonizing Cities and Transport -- Local Pollution -- Environmental Mitigation and Urban Recalibration -- 4. Better Economics -- Lifestyle Preferences and Economics -- The Big Picture -- Access and Land Markets -- Freeways and Motorways -- Public Transit -- Transport Infrastructure in the Global South -- Road Restraints, Pedestrianization, and Economic Performance -- Urban Amenities and Nature -- Community Design and Economic Performance -- Part II: Contexts and Cases -- 5. Urban Transformations -- Dockland Conversions -- London Docklands -- Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam -- Canalside, Buffalo -- Redevelopment of Warehouse Districts -- Southside Charlotte, North Carolina -- 22@Barcelona -- Rail-to-Greenway Conversions -- The High Line, New York City -- The Atlanta BeltLine -- The Great Allegheny Passage -- Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin -- 6. Suburban Transformations -- Office Park Retrofits -- Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California -- Hacienda, Pleasanton, California -- Cottle Transit Village, San Jose, California -- Edge City to Suburban TOD: Tysons, Virginia -- Revamped Malls and Shopping Centers -- Other Suburban Retrofits -- 7. Transit-Oriented Development -- The TOD Process: Planning and Typologies -- Node versus Place