Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence

Sustainability and Cities examines the urban aspect of sustainability issues, arguing that cities are a necessary focus for that global agenda. The authors make the case that the essential character of a city's land use results from how it manages its transportation, and that only by reducing our automobile dependence will we be able to successfully accommodate all elements of the sustainability agenda.

The book begins with chapters that set forth the notion of sustainability and how it ap...