Highway Robbery: Measuring the Land Use Priorities of a British Town

Dyson, James (2020) Highway Robbery: Measuring the Land Use Priorities of a British Town. In: Humanizing Cities Through Car-Free City Development and Transformation. IGI Global. ISBN 9781799835080

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3507-3.ch009

Abstract

Just how much land do we devote to highways, not just road surfaces, but verges, embankments, cuttings, car parks, and other related infrastructure byproducts? Do the professionals planning our towns and cities know? This chapter introduces an analytical tool to estimate the land-take of highways using mapping techniques to produce a plan or percentage figure and makes a comparative analysis across other urban centres. The outcome might be linked to quite different measures of civic success such as urban happiness, pedestrian safety, or retail occupancy.


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