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Urban transport and the environment : an international perspective
- Title
- Urban transport and the environment : an international perspective / World Conference on Transport Research Society and Institute for Transport Policy Studies.
- Publication
- Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
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- Description
- xxvii, 515 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
- Summary
- The damaging environmental impact of urban transport, as recognised by the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is a worsening global problem that needs to be tackled with local solutions. At the same time, urban transport has been causing serious local environmental problems, particularly in developing countries. This book was commissioned with the aim of helping to develop solutions by sharing experience from around the world. Four extensive chapters by leading researchers give an overview of the problem, analyse structures and trends in urban transportation, list the various ways transport affects the environment, and critically review the whole range of policy countermeasures available. The second half of the volume is given over to a collection of case studies of 21 metropolises, carefully selected to provide a cross-section of different types of city from across the developing and developed world. The relevant characteristics of these cities are systematically described: socio-economic background; local condition of transport and the environment; policy planning, implementation, and evaluation, all with concrete examples. Key data are then presented in charts with a common structure to facilitate comparisons between cities. This book should be of interest to anyone interested in the interactions between urban transport and the environment, whether academic students and researchers, or practitioners and policymakers in government or industry.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [481)-505) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Overview of urban transport and the environment -- 2. The urban transport system -- 3. Environmental impacts due to urban transport -- 4. Transport and land use instruments for a better environment -- 5. Transport-environment issues and countermeasures in various metropolises -- 6. Political climate for environmental policies and proposals for international mechanism -- App. A. Case study metropolis comparison charts -- App. B. City profiles.
- ISBN
- 0080445128
- 9780080445120
- OCLC
- ocm56580426
- 56580426
- SCSB-14707557
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library