Accessibility Analysis and Transport Planning Challenges for Europe and North America
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Biographical note
Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Professor of Transport Planning, University of Twente, the Netherlands, Kevin J. Krizek, Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado, Boulder, US and Aura Reggiani, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Bologna, Italy<i>‘This book encapsulates the broad spectrum of work which may come under the umbrella of accessibility. From theoretical to applied, from people focussed to place focussed, individual to aggregate and from economic progress to promoting well-being, the long, varied history of accessibility as a concept in transport planning is borne out in the chapters in this volume.’</i>
- Journal of Transport Geography,
The expert contributors present a wide variety of perspectives on transport and communication issues and explore their impacts on society at an international level. Best practice in both accessibility analysis and modelling are highlighted via widely interdisciplinary approaches. Moreover, future objectives and areas for research are clearly addressed.
This book will prove an absorbing read for scholars, researchers and students working on accessibility issues across various academic fields including civil engineering, economics, geography, and the social sciences. Transport and urban planners will also find the book to be an invaluable reference tool.
Contributors: K.W. Axhausen, X. Cao, C. Chorus, P. Christidis, Y. Crozet, M. de Bok, T. de Graaff, G. Debrezion, A. El-Geneidy, K.T. Geurs, A. Gjestland, A. Golub, D. Halden, J. Horning, N. Ibanez Rivas, K.J. Krizek, K. Lucas, K. Manaugh, K. Martens, D. McArthur, A. Mercier, P.L. Mokhtarian, T. Neutens, L. Osland, N. Ovtracht, A. Reggiani, P. Rietveld, I. Thorsen, B. van Wee, C. Zollig, B. Zondag