Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas

This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interesting  cases in dealing with  sustainable urban transport challenges. The authors study empirical  data from these three cities to analyze how specific governmental and policy instruments (planning, consultation and market mechanisms for example) were  implemented in each case. Through concepts coming from policy studies and  sociology, for example,  such as path dependency, institutional culture  and transaction costs, the three cities are also looked at in a broader perspective in order to better understand how they deal differently with  their common challenges.

List of contents

Introduction.- The context of sustainable urban transport.- Three cities of the Americas: policies and instruments in Seattle, Montreal and Curitiba.- Conclusion on the data.- Looking to the Future.

About the author

Jean Mercier is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Laval University, Canada. He was Vergniaud Chair of Territorial Governance at the Université de Bordeaux, France, in 2009.
Fanny Tremblay-Racicot is Associate Professor of local and regional administration at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Québec, Canada.

Mario Carrier is a Professor at the Graduate School of Urban and Regional Planning at Laval University, Canada. He is also a member of the Centre for Research in Planning and Development (CRAD).
Fábio Duarte is Research Scientist at MIT Senseable City Lab, USA, Professor at the Pontfícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil, and Consultant for the World Bank. His books include Unplugging the City, co-authored with Rodrigo Firmino.

 

Summary

This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interesting  cases in dealing with  sustainable urban transport challenges. The authors study empirical  data from these three cities to analyze how specific governmental and policy instruments (planning, consultation and market mechanisms for example) were  implemented in each case. Through concepts coming from policy studies and  sociology, for example,  such as path dependency, institutional culture  and transaction costs, the three cities are also looked at in a broader perspective in order to better understand how they deal differently with  their common challenges.

Product details

• Authors: Mar Carrier, Mario Carrier, Fábio Duarte, Jea Mercier, Jean Mercier, Fann Tremblay-Racicot, Fanny Tremblay-Racicot
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319990903
• ISBN: 978-3-31-999090-3
• No. of pages: 129
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 14 mm x 218 mm
• Weight: 320 g
• Illustrations: XV, 129 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology; C, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Political Science, Verkehrsingenieurwesen, Verkehrsplanung, Zentralregierung, Transportation, Social Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Political structure & processes, Urban & municipal planning, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering, Urban Sociology, Highway & traffic engineering, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban geography, Governance and Government, Transportation engineering, Traffic engineering