The Pedestrian and the City provides an overview and insight into the development, politics and policies on walking and pedestrians: it includes the evolution of pedestrian-friendly housing estates in the 19th century up to the present day. Key issues addressed include the struggle of pedestrianization in town centers, the attempts to create independent pedestrian footpaths and the popularity of traffic calming as a powerful policy for reducing pedestrian accidents.
Hass-Klau also covers the wider aspects of urban and transport planning, especially public transport, essential for promoting a pedestrian-friendly environment. The book includes pedestrian-friendly policies and guidelines from a number of European countries and includes case studies from the UK, Germany, Britain, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, the US and Canada, with further examples from ten additional countries. It also contains a unique collection of original photographs; including before and after photos of newly introduced pedestrian-friendly transport policies.
As the pedestrian environment has become ever more crucial for the future of our cities, the book will be invaluable to students and practicing planners, geographers, transport engineers and local government officers.
Part 1: History
Chapter 1:From innovative Street Layouts to the Fight
against Urban Motorways in the U.S.
Chapter 2: Motorization and Footpath
Planning during the Third Reich
Chapter 3: The Role of the Pedestrian after
World War II in West Germany: The Early Years
Chapter 4: Pedestrianization,
Public Transport and Traffic Calming in West Germany
Chapter 5: The better
Germany? Urban planning, Transport and Pedestrian-Friendly Devices in East
Germany
Chapter 6: The British Approach towards Roads Transport and the
Pedestrian in Urban Areas from the 1940s to the early 1970s
Chapter 7:
British Attempts to achieve Better Walking Conditions in the late 1970s to
the 1990s Part 2: Practice
Chapter 8: Walking in Great Britain and the Case
Study London
Chapter 9: Walking in Germany: Is there Progress?
Chapter
10:TheNordic Approach: DenmarkChapter 11: Further North: Norway
Chapter 12:
The USA and Canada: An Overview of Walking Research and PoliciesChapter 13:
Walking in North America - a European View: The Leaders
Chapter 14:Walking in
the United States - a European View: The FollowersChapter 15:The Future of
Walking
Carmen Hass-Klau was born in Germany and studied Urban and Regional Planning in Berlin, followed by postgraduate degrees in Britain. She still has her own consultancy, Environmental and Transport Planning, has published numerous books and articles, and was Professor of European Public Transport at Wuppertal University, Germany. She is an academic advisor at the University of Stavanger, Norway.
