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GUILFORD PRESS Geography Of Urban Transportation Fourth Edition 2017 Edition by Genevieve Giuliano, Susan Hanson
A comprehensive update, the fourth edition of this leading text features numerous chapters by new authors addressing the latest trends and topics in the field. The book presents the foundational concepts and methodological tools that readers need in order to engage with today's pressing urban transportation policy issues. Coverage encompasses passenger and freight dynamics in the American metropolis; the local and regional transportation planning process; and questions related to public transit, land use, social equity and environmental justice, energy consumption, air pollution, transportation finance, sustainability, and more. Among the student-friendly features are special-topic boxes delving into key issues and 87 instructive figures, including eight color plates.New to This Edition*Extensively revised coverage of information and communication technologies, urban freight, travel behaviors, and regional transportation planning.*Engaging discussions of current topics: smartphone travel tracking, Uber, car and bike sharing, food deserts, biofuels, and more.*Heightened focus on climate change.*Reflects over a decade of policy changes, technological advances, and emergent ideas and findings in the field.*Most of the figures and special-topic boxes are new. I. Setting the Scene1. Introducing Urban Transportation, Susan Hanson2. The Geography of Urban Freight, Laetitia Dablanc & Jean-Paul Rodrigue3. Transportation and Urban Form: Stages in the Spatial Evolution of the American Metropolis, Peter O. Muller4. Impacts of Information and Communication Technology, Giovanni Circella & Patricia L.MokhtarianII. Planning for Movement within Cities5. Theories and Models in Transportation Planning, Harvey J. Miller6. Regional Transportation Planning, Gian-Claudia Sciara & Susan Handy7. Land Use, Travel Behavior, and Disaggregate Travel Data, Marlon G. BoarnetIII. Policy Issues8. Mass Transit, Lisa Schweitzer9. Land Use Impacts of Transportation Investments, Genevieve Giuliano & Ajay Agarwal10. The Geography of Urban Transportation Finance, Brian D. Taylor11. Transportation and Environmental Impacts and Policy, Scott Le Vine & Martin Lee-Gosselin12. Transportation and Energy, David L. Greene13. Social Equity and Urban Transportation, Evelyn Blumenberg14. Looking to the Future, Genevieve Giuliano with Susan Hanson