Handbook of Transport and the Environment

Handbook of Transport and the Environment
Author: David A. Hensher
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2003-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780080441030

Each chapter was specially commissioned from an acknowledged world expert on the topic.

Urban Transport and the Environment

Urban Transport and the Environment
Author: World Conference On Transport Research Society
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2004-07-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780080445120

The damaging environmental impact of urban transport is a worsening global problem that needs to be tackled with local solutions. This book was commissioned with the aim of helping to develop those solutions by sharing experience from around the world.

Urban Transport Environment and Equity

Urban Transport Environment and Equity
Author: Eduardo Alcantara Vasconcellos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134201419

Traditional transport planning has generated transport systems that propagate an unfair distribution of accessibility and have environmental and safety issues. This book highlights the importance of social and political aspects of transport policy and provides a methodology to support this approach. It emphasizes the importance of co-ordinating urban, transport and traffic planning, and addresses the major challenge of modifying the building and use of roads. The author makes suggestions for innovative and radical new measures towards an equitable and sustainable urban environment.

Energy, Transport, & the Environment

Energy, Transport, & the Environment
Author: Oliver Inderwildi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 719
Release: 2012-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1447127161

Sustainable mobility is a highly complex problem as it is affected by the interactions between socio-economic, environmental, technological and political issues. Energy, Transport, & the Environment: Addressing the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm brings together leading figures from business, academia and governments to address the challenges and opportunities involved in working towards sustainable mobility. Key thinkers and decision makers approach topics and debates including: · energy security and resource scarcity · greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions · urban planning, transport systems and their management · governance and finance of transformation · the threats of terrorism and climate change to our transport systems. Introduced by a preface from U.S. Secretary Steven Chu and an outline by the editors, Dr Oliver Inderwildi and Sir David King, Energy, Transport, & the Environment is divided into six sections. These sections address and explore the challenges and opportunities for energy supply, road transport, urban mobility, aviation, sea and rail, as well as finance and economics in transport. Possible solutions, ranging from alternative fuels to advanced urban planning and policy levers, will be examined in order to deepen the understanding of currently proposed solutions within the political realities of the dominating economic areas. The result of this detailed investigation is an integrated view of sustainable transport for both people and freight, making Energy, Transport, & the Environment key reading for researchers, decision makers and policy experts across the public and private sectors.

The Politics of Mobility

The Politics of Mobility
Author: Geoff Vigar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135157979

The Politics of Mobility presents case studies of local transport policy-making and in-depth analysis of UK national transport policy in the period 1987-2000 to highlight how policy was promoted and resisted.

Transport, the Environment and Sustainable Development

Transport, the Environment and Sustainable Development
Author: D. Banister
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135155178

This book presents the current thinking from leading authorities worldwide on transport and the environment and focuses on the link between transport supply and use and environmental degradation.

A Research Agenda for Transport Policy

A Research Agenda for Transport Policy
Author: John Stanley
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019
Genre: Transportation and state
ISBN: 1788970209

Everyone has an opinion on transport: it significantly affects daily lives. This book highlights key transport opportunities and challenges, and identifies research requirements to inform policy discussion and support better societal outcomes. It does this by scanning across modes, continents, technologies and socio-economic settings, looking for common threads, points of difference and opportunities to make a difference. The book should appeal to prospective post-graduate students, professionals in transport and related fields, and those interested in better places and good discussions.

Decarbonising Urban Mobility with Land Use and Transport Policies The Case of Auckland, New Zealand

Decarbonising Urban Mobility with Land Use and Transport Policies The Case of Auckland, New Zealand
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264700773

The report presents an in-depth analysis of various policies that aim to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of urban transport. Decarbonising transport lies at the core of efforts to mitigate climate change and has close links to urban sustainability and housing affordability. The report identifies the drivers of rising emissions in the urban transport sector and offers pathways to reduce them through a combination of transport and land use policies.

European Transport Policy and Sustainable Mobility

European Transport Policy and Sustainable Mobility
Author: Jonas Akerman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2000-10-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135159785

It is now widely accepted that transport is becoming increasingly unsustainable and that strong policy intervention is required to reduce both the growth in transport demand and the environmental costs of transport. This book challenges conventional approaches to transport by moving away from trend based analysis towards the use of scenarios to identify alternative sustainable transport futures. It both summaries the development of EU transport policy and presents a critique. The policy context is widened to include the global changes taking place in economics, society and technology. It develops new methodologies for policy making for the next 25 years.

Low-carbon Land Transport

Low-carbon Land Transport
Author: Daniel Bongardt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1849713774

This book provides a guide for transport policymakers and planners on achieving low-carbon land transport systems and describes possible measures for reducing emissions. Based on wide ranging research, case studies from developed and developing countries and an overview of policy scenarios, it book presents a toolbox for decision-makers with a huge variety of measures which can be tailored to their specific circumstances. It also addresses the question of how policies can be bundled successfully and integrated in urban transport decision-making and planning. Practical information is given on how greenhouse gas savings are measured as well as success factors for implementing policies and measures in complex decision-making processes.