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

By BMW Group

Book Overview

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?.- S?o 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642347347
• ISBN13: 9783642347344
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"