Designing Accessibility Instruments
Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices
Luca Bertolini editor Cecília Silva editor Nuno Pinto editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:20th May '19
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- Paperback£49.99(9781138206953)
The integration of land use and transport planning is key to making cities sustainable and liveable. Accessibility can provide an effective framework for this integration. However, today there is a significant gap between the advances in scientific knowledge on accessibility and its effective application in planning practice. In order to close this gap, Designing Accessibility Instruments introduces a novel methodology for the joint assessment and development of accessibility instruments by researchers and practitioners.
The book:
- provides a theoretical and professional analysis of the main concepts behind the definition, use and measurement of accessibility;
- undertakes a comprehensive inventory and critical analysis of accessibility instruments, focusing on the bottlenecks in their transposition to planning practice;
- introduces and applies a novel methodology for the assessment and improvement of the practical use and usefulness of accessibility instruments;
- presents six in-depth illustrative case study applications of the methodology, representing a range of cities with different geographical and institutional settings, and different levels of urban and transport planning integration.
The book is supported by a companion website – www.accessibilityplanning.eu – which extrapolates its content to a broader scope and keeps it updated and valid with new iterations of the methodology and further advances on the initial and new case studies.
"This book represents a giant step towards bringing the important concept of accessibility into mainstream planning practice. Not only does it provide a variety of accessibility tools, it explores their usefulness in the planning process and tackles the barriers to their implementation."-Susan Handy, Professor, University of California, Davis, USA
"Accessibility instruments can play a crucial role in the integration of land use and transport planning. This book bridges accessibility research and accessibility planning, with a rich set of lessons learned from applications in planning practices from different continents. This book gives a rich understanding of accessibility concepts and the barriers which impede its use in planning, and explore the frontiers of research and practice in urban and regional planning." -Karst Geurs, Professor of Transport Planning, University of Twente, The Netherlands
ISBN: 9781138206939
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 757g
236 pages