The Geography of Urban Transportation or Londonistan

The Geography of Urban Transportation

Author: Susan Hanson

Here is a timely revision of the 1986 collection that defines the intersection of urban and transportation geography. Its integrative approach links spatial, technical, demographic, and political aspects of urban transportationm-all themes of increasing importance as American society addresses 1990s issues of congestion management.

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Three substantial introductory chapters are followed by seven chapters outlining various analytical approaches to transportation problems, balancing historical material with descriptions and analyses of travel at the aggregate and disaggregate levels, methodological presentations, and policy descriptions. First published in 1986. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1	The context of urban travel : concepts and recent trends	3
2	City interactions : the dynamics of passenger and freight flows	30
3	Transportation and urban form : stages in the spatial evolution of the American metropolis	59
4	Impact of information technologies	86
5	The urban transportation planning process	115
6	Reflections on the planning process	141
7	GIS in urban-regional transportation planning	163
8	Public transportation	199
9	Land use impacts of transportation investments : highway and transit	237
10	Transportation and energy	274
11	The geography of urban transportation finance	294
12	Social and environmental justice issues in urban transportation	332
13	Transportation and the environment	356
14	Managing the auto	382

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Londonistan

Author: Melanie Phillips

The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamic terror and extremism - so much so that it has been mockingly dubbed Londonistan. In this ground-breaking book Melanie Phillips pieces together the story of how Londonistan developed as a result of the collapse of traditional English identity and accommodation of a particularly virulent form of multiculturalism. Londonistan has become a country within the country and not only threatens Britain but its special relationship with the U.S. as well.