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Autore |
Cox Peter <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Moving people [[electronic resource] ] : sustainable transport development / / Peter Cox |
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London, : Zed Books, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-84813-830-X |
1-282-54344-X |
9786612543449 |
1-84813-454-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Transportation and state |
Transportation - Environmental aspects |
Sustainable development |
Appropriate technology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-247) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Tables; Boxes; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - Movement and mobility; 2 - Sustainable development and ecomobility; 3 - The problem of car-dominance; 4 - Automobility and its alternatives; 5 - The city as a system: transport as network; 6 - Mobility in the megacity: Delhi; 7 - Non-motorised transport: walking and cycling; 8 - Bicycle and NMT programmes in action; 9 - Bicycles and rickshaws in South Asia; 10 - Institutional changes; Conclusion; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the |
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