Cities need to build on their resilience to deal with the combined effects of urbanization,
changing geopolitical contexts, and climate change. The physical form of cities has …

Levine, Grengs, and Merlin marshal a compelling case to shift to accessibility-oriented
planning, providing much needed conceptual clarity as to what accessibility is and is not. But …

There is an extensive literature on relationships between the built environment and travel,
but the vast majority of such studies rely solely on statistical analyses of available travel …

Highlights•Patterns of urban development could promote urban sustainability.•High-density
compact urban development causes local health problems.•There is local health paradox …

Accessibility concepts are increasingly acknowledged as fundamental to understand cities
and urban regions. Accordingly, accessibility instruments have been recognised as valuable …

The determinants of car use and car ownership are heatedly discussed in transportation
planning research. However, little is known about the effects of life-course events, for …

Abstract Milakis et al.(2015b) explored the acceptable travel time concept as a possible
factor in the travel and destination decision-making process. These researchers employed …

This chapter discusses the compact city policy pursued in Norway over the last decades,
discusses conditions for its implementation and assesses its merits in terms of promoting …

Urban sustainable development strategies are of great importance to rapidly urbanized
countries such as China. One of the most challenging problems is how to coordinate urban …

Although commuting is often viewed as a burden, transportation research has recently
investigated satisfaction with commuting or commute travel times, with a goal to understand …