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| Resource ID: |
832 |
| Title: |
Policies for urban form and their impact on travel: the Netherlands experience |
| Description: |
The paper evaluates the effects of Dutch national physical planning policy on travel behaviour, looking at : the concentrated decentralisation of the 1970s/1980s; the strict compact-city policy of 1980s/1990s; A-B-C location policy; and spatial retailing policy. Using data from the 1998 Netherlands National Travel Survey, the analysis suggests that national spatial planning is most effective in retaining high shares of cycling and walking in large and medium-sized cities, particularly for shopping. In travel time, it is less successful. The building of new towns and development of greenfield neighbourhoods close to cities do not appear to have reduced commuting times. Discusses alternative strategies for promoting public transport, the bicycle and walking through the regulation of land use and suggests relaxing some spatial planning controls. |
| Author(s): |
Tim Schwanen, Martin Dijst, Frans M. Dieleman |
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Type of resource: |
Empirical study |
| Area covered: |
Netherlands |
| Type of document: |
Journal article |
| ISBN: |
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| Journal: |
Urban Studies Volume 41, Number 3 pp 579 - 603
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| Publisher: |
Carfax Publishing Company |
| Year of publication: |
2004 |
| Availability: |
library, publisher, weblink |
| Is there a dataset? |
No |
| Associated web site: |
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=vuj5ddxvn7bgaflx |
| Is a password required? |
No |
| Associated key phrases: |
land use regulation, national spatial strategies, spatial development strategies, transport, urban areas, accessibility
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| Associated topics: |
100, 126, 261, 213, 731
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