A Future of Polycentric Cities: How Urban Life, Land Supply, Smart Technologies and Sustainable Transport Are Reshaping Cities

by Cole Hendrigan

Overview

In this book, Dr Cole Hendrigan examines the options for sustainable transport and land-use planning based on building heights, mixes of land-use, transportation mode capacity and others to build the next generation of parks, housing, commercial and retail spaces along high-capacity rail corridors. Following the paradigm of 'Transit Oriented Development', Dr Hendrigan provides unique knowledge and insights on how to best make the transition towards more sustainable and livable cities, offering a practical method to better integrate transport and urban development to this end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811391682
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	09/20/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	377
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Cole Hendrigan has an array of private consulting experience, government positions, academic research and personal observations in the field of urban development. He has worked in urban design offices in Vancouver, Calgary, and Abu Dhabi and twice worked in local governments in public realm amenity provision. He has travelled extensively through most continents, but particularly to neighborhoods beyond the ends of rail lines, to find the places where people live who make a city operate.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Freedom in Cities
Chapter 2 Smart Cities and Smart Citizens: Are They the Same?
Chapter 3 Global City Shaping
Chapter 4 Research and Results
Chapter 5 Analysis and Discussion
Chapter 6 Conclusion: The Transit Oriented Region
Bibliography
Appendices