1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910709970503321

Autore

Hoyert Donna L.

Titolo

Perinatal mortality in the United States, 1985-91 / / by Donna L. Hoyert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hyattsville, Maryland : , : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, , 1995

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 20 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

DHHS publication ; ; no. (PHS) 95-1854

Vital and health statistics. Series 20, Data from the national vital statistics system ; ; no. 26

Disciplina

304.6/4/0973021 s

304.6/4

Soggetti

Perinatal death - United States

Mortality and race - United States

Perinatal death

Statistics.

Statistics

Vital statistics.

United States Statistics, Vital

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 1995".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 9).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298507603321

Titolo

Intercity Transport and Climate Change : Strategies for Reducing the Carbon Footprint / / edited by Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Shigeru Morichi, Tae Hoon Oum, Werner Rothengatter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-06523-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Transportation Research, Economics and Policy, , 1572-4387 ; ; 15

Disciplina

388.042

Soggetti

Environmental economics

Transportation

Climatic changes

Civil engineering

Environmental Economics

Climate Change Management and Policy

Civil Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction.- Intercity Transport.- Passenger transport.- Carbon Footprint -- Climate Change.- Transport policies.- Alternative energy.- Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

While intercity passenger transport counts for about 2% of the total passenger transport volume the share of the total passenger kilometers traveled is estimated more than one third. In many countries the major part of intercity transport is performed by car and air and as a result, the contribution to the carbon footprint is substantially higher than the share of overall passenger transport performance. This creates a challenge to develop a sustainable organization of intercity transport which requires a true joint effort of policy makers, industry sectors and households. This presupposes that all options for reducing the carbon footprint of the transport modes – car, air and rail – are fully exploited through modern propulsion technology, use of regenerative energy and efficient organization of transport processes. Basic conditions for



meeting this requirement are an incentive compatible public framework of regulation, taxation, charging and education, the private willingness to adjust to new behavioral patterns and a consequent push of technological progress towards energy and CO2 savings. This book begins with an international comparison of intercity transport and the current state of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of this transport segment. A focus is given to comparing the situation in the EU, the US and Japan while describing the more recent development of intercity transport in China, followed by an analysis of intercity transport policies and their contribution to meet the global climate change issues. This book will be of interest to researchers in transportation economics and policy, as well as civil engineering and planning.