Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas [Hardcover]

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.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.

Jean Mercier is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Laval University, Canada. He was Vergniaud Chair of Territorial Governance at the Universit? de Bordeaux, France, in 2009.

Fanny Tremblay-Racicot is Associate Professor of local and regional administration at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Qu?bec, 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).

F?bio Duarte is Research Scientist at MIT Senseable City Lab, USA, Professor at the Pontf?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Paran?, Brazil, and Consultant for the World Bank. His books include Unplugging the City