The Pedestrian and the City

Carmen Hass-Klau was born in Germany and studied Urban and Regional Planning in Berlin, followed by postgraduate degrees in Britain. She still has her own consultancy, Environmental and Transport Planning, has published numerous books and articles, and was Professor of European Public Transport at Wuppertal University, Germany. She is an academic advisor at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Part 1: History Chapter 1:From innovative Street Layouts to the Fight against Urban Motorways in the U.S. Chapter 2: Motorization and Footpath Planning during the Third Reich Chapter 3: The Role of the Pedestrian after World War II in West Germany: The Early Years Chapter 4: Pedestrianization, Public Transport and Traffic Calming in West Germany Chapter 5: The ‘better’ Germany? Urban planning, Transport and Pedestrian-Friendly Devices in East Germany Chapter 6: The British Approach towards Roads Transport and the Pedestrian in Urban Areas from the 1940s to the early 1970s Chapter 7: British Attempts to achieve Better Walking Conditions in the late 1970s to the 1990s Part 2: Practice Chapter 8: Walking in Great Britain and the Case Study London Chapter 9: Walking in Germany: Is there Progress? Chapter 10:TheNordic Approach: DenmarkChapter 11: Further North: Norway Chapter 12: The USA and Canada: An Overview of Walking Research and PoliciesChapter 13: Walking in North America - a European View: The Leaders Chapter 14:Walking in the United States - a European View: The FollowersChapter 15:The Future of Walking