Megacity Mobility Culture: How Cities Move on in a Diverse World - Paperback

PART ONE: Setting the Context.- Trends and Challenges: Global Urbanisation and Urban Mobility.- The Diversity of Megacities Worldwide - Challenges for the Future of Mobility.- The Reader's Guide to Mobility Culture.- PART TWO: Stories from the Megacity.- Ahmedabad: Leapfrogging from Medieval to Modern Mobility.- Beijing: Transition to a Transit City.- Gauteng: Paratransit - Perpetual Pain or Potent Potential?.- São Paulo: Distinct Worlds Within a Single Metropolis.- Atlanta: Scarcity and Abundance.- Los Angeles: A Transit Metropolis in the Making?.- Berlin: After the Growth - Planning Mobility Culture in an Environment of Dynamic Stagnation.- London: Culture, Fashion, and the Electric Vehicle.- PART THREE: Perspectives for Megacities on the Move.- Singapore's Mobility Model: Time for an Update?.- Perspectives on Mobility Cultures in Megacities.- Epilogue: the Seven Mobility Culture Temperaments of Cities.

• | Author: Institute for Mobility Research (Ifmo)
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Feb 08, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 278 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 3642437052
• | ISBN-13: 9783642437052