Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency

The theory of urban fabrics is outlined showing how different types of cities are combinations of walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car fabrics based on their transport systems and the universal travel-time budget. The distances/transport speeds that generate these urban fabrics...

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Main Authors: Newman, Peter, Kosonen, L., Kenworthy, Jeffrey
Format: Journal Article
Published: Liverpool University Press 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11247
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description The theory of urban fabrics is outlined showing how different types of cities are combinations of walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car fabrics based on their transport systems and the universal travel-time budget. The distances/transport speeds that generate these urban fabrics and their associated elements, functions and qualities are outlined, emphasising, for the first time, how tasks of statutory planning and transport planning are different in the three urban fabrics. The theory is demonstrated in the Finnish city of Kuopio and with data from the authors' Global Cities Database, concluding with three different statutory and strategic planning approaches.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-112472019-09-05T01:59:20Z Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency Newman, Peter Kosonen, L. Kenworthy, Jeffrey The theory of urban fabrics is outlined showing how different types of cities are combinations of walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car fabrics based on their transport systems and the universal travel-time budget. The distances/transport speeds that generate these urban fabrics and their associated elements, functions and qualities are outlined, emphasising, for the first time, how tasks of statutory planning and transport planning are different in the three urban fabrics. The theory is demonstrated in the Finnish city of Kuopio and with data from the authors' Global Cities Database, concluding with three different statutory and strategic planning approaches. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11247 10.3828/tpr.2016.28 Liverpool University Press fulltext
spellingShingle Newman, Peter
Kosonen, L.
Kenworthy, Jeffrey
Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
title Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
title_full Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
title_fullStr Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
title_full_unstemmed Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
title_short Theory of urban fabrics: Planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
title_sort theory of urban fabrics: planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11247