| Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport: Obstacles, Trends, Solutions Contributor(s): Himanen, Veli (Author), Lee-Gosselin, Martin (Author), Perrels, Adriaan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0080447090 ISBN-13: 9780080447094 Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing OUR PRICE: $152.94 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Derived from the work of STELLA (Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America) Focus Group 4: Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use and Congestion, this collection is organised on three themes: technology forecasting and scenarios; space/environment/economy interactions; and equity/acceptability issues. *Discusses main research challenges and obstacles to design and implementation of a sustainable transport policy *Includes recommendations for R&D and suggested international cooperation *The environment is one of the four principal research priorities identified by ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) as key |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation - Technology & Engineering | Civil - General |
| Dewey: 388 |
| LCCN: 2018418335 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.35 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. Assessments of external effects, and their optimal levels, tend to be piecemeal, localized, and focused on a specific type of effect. Sustainability, on the other hand, is a comprehensive, forward-looking concept that encompasses the achievement of a state of society that is better overall; it requires a widened concept of welfare that includes environmental quality and social justice in both the short and long term. This book is organized into three sections, each discussing a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system. |