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作者

Selima Sultana;Deborah Salon;Michael Kuby

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue3,P.279-308

语言

英文

关键字

Cities,sustainability,urban transportation,travel behavior,built environment,technology

作者单位

Department of Geography, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

摘要

Although the term “sustainability” did not gain traction until the 1980s, concerns about the consequences of transportation technology started long before. This paper reviews the literature on urban transportation sustainability using three frameworks. First, urban transportation can be unsustainable environmentally, economically, and socially (the three pillars of sustainability). Second, sustainable strategies tend to fall into two paradigms. Sustainable Transport Technology improves current patterns of modes and trips by consuming less resources and generating less waste. Sustainable Travel Behavior and Built Environment takes a more holistic approach that targets more sustainable travel choices, recognizing that changes in the built environment that currently constrains those choices are also essential. Third, the Planner’s Triangle helps explain commonly encountered situations where inherent tradeoffs can impede win-win-win strategies across environmental, economic, and social domains. The paper concludes with future research directions and concluding thoughts about urban transportation and sustainability.KEYWORDS: Cities, sustainability, urban transportation, travel behavior, built environment, technologyAdditional informationFundingThis work was supported by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro [FFA 2016].Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.