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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459885703321

Titolo

Building blocks for sustainable transport [[electronic resource] ] : obstacles, trends, solutions / / edited by Adriaan Perrels, Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, : Emerald, c2008

ISBN

1-282-73577-2

9786612735776

1-61344-937-2

0-85724-516-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PerrelsA. H

HimanenVeli

Lee-GosselinMartin

Disciplina

388

Soggetti

Transportation - Environmental aspects

Transportation and state

Sustainable development

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport: Obstacles, Trends, Solutions; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgement; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. Framing the Themes; 1.2. A Closer Look at External Effects; 1.3. The Key Challenges; References; Part 1. How to Cast the Future?; Chapter 2. How to Cast the Futurequest; Chapter 3. Looking Over the Horizon: Visioning and Backcasting; Chapter 4. Lessons from Prospective Research on Sustainable Transport Carried Out through the OECD EST and French PREDIT Programs; Chapter 5. Drivers of Freight Transport Demand and their Policy Implications

Part 2. Spatial Economic Interactions in Sustainable SettingsChapter 6. Space-Economy Interactions in the Context of Sustainability; Chapter 7. The Metropolitan Field: An Emerging Form that may Condition the Sustainability of Transport; Chapter 8. Sustainable Mobility and Urbanity; Chapter 9. Movement of Goods, Services and People:



Entanglements with Sustainability Implications; Part 3. Effectiveness and Acceptability; Chapter 10. Effectiveness and Acceptability: The Keys to Implementation; Chapter 11. Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life

Chapter 12. Transport Policies: Actions, Intentions and Perceived EffectivenessChapter 13. Policy Analysis of Sustainable Transport and Mobility: The SUMMA Project; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. This book is organized into three sections that discuss a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system.