9780784409602
Transportation land-use planning, and air quality; proceedings.
Transportation Land-Use Planning, and Air Quality Conference (2007:
Orlando, FL) Ed. by Srinivas S. Pulugurtha et al.
Am. Society of Civil Engineers
2008
444 pages
$90.00
Paperback
TD195
Integrated "smart growth" approaches to land use,
transportation planning, and vehicular emissions reduction is the
current trend. Pulugurtha (U. of North Carolina at Charlotte), along
with sponsors at the Federal Highway Administration and Iowa State
University, introduces 40 papers from this conference held in 2007.
International case studies present current data and forecasting models
seeking solutions to the nearly universal problem of urban sprawl,
traffic congestion, and the resulting air pollution in the context of
the Clean Air Act (US). In addition to public transit, mitigating
practices discussed include improved traffic demand prediction, air
quality, and health risk assessment models. The impacts of climate
change, alternative-fueled vehicles, and roadway vegetation are factored
into the equation.
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