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UNINA9910821326403321 |
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Autore |
Kopp Andreas |
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Titolo |
Turning the right corner : ensuring development through a low carbon transport sector / / Andreas Kopp, Rachel I Block, Atsushi Iimi |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Collana |
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Directions in development. Environment and sustainable development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BlockRachel I |
IimiAtsushi |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Transportation - Environmental aspects |
Sustainable development |
Emissions trading |
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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. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Overview : transport efficiency promotes development and protects the environment -- Transport, mobility, emissions, and development -- Avoiding future disruption of services -- Integrating sector-wide reforms for mitigation -- Climate-resilient investment in transport -- Notes -- References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The flagship report 'Turning the Right Corner - Ensuring Development Through a Low Carbon Transport Sector' emphasizes that developing countries need to transition to a low-carbon transport sector now to avoid locking themselves into an unsustainable and costly future. Furthermore, it argues that this transition can be affordable if countries combine policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with broader sector reforms aimed at reducing local air pollution, road safety risks, and congestion.The report looks at relationships between mobility, low-carbon transport and development, drawing atte |
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