Transport and climate change / / Tim Ryley, Lee Chapman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825344703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, : Emerald, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-54874-7; 9786613861191; 1-78052-441-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Collana: Transport and sustainability ; ; v. 2
• Disciplina: 388.4
• Soggetti: Transport planning & policy; Transportation - Economic aspects; Climatic changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Selected conference papers.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE CHANGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; SCENARIOS; MITIGATION; ADAPTATION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 MANAGING THE FUTURE: MODELS, SCENARIOS AND THE CONTROL OF UNCERTAINTY; INTRODUCTION; THE COUNTING IMPULSE; COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY; THE SEARCH FOR FORESIGHT; ENGAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE FORESIGHT; SYSTEMATIC QUALITATIVE FORESIGHT; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 AN INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION: AVIATION; INTRODUCTION; AVIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION MEASURES FOR AVIATIONAVIATION ADAPTATION TO A CHANGING CLIMATE; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 AN INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION: SHIPPING; INTRODUCTION; AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY; THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY CONTEXT; POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON NATIONAL ROAD AND RAIL NETWORKS; INTRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL CHANGE; EXTREME EVENTS; CITY-; SPECIFIC IMPACTS; IMPACTS OF EXISTING WEATHER CONDITIONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCESCHAPTER 6 THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE NATIONAL FREIGHT SECTOR; INTRODUCTION; FREIGHT AS A VULNERABLE SECTOR TO CLIMATE CHANGE; DETERMINANTS OF FREIGHT EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE HAZARDS; ADAPTING TO A NEW CLIMATE; THE ROLE OF SCENARIOS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 THE ROLE OF WALKING AND CYCLING IN REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; INTRODUCTION; CONTEXT; SOURCES AND METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; HOUSEHOLD CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES; OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING WALKING AND CYCLING; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 A POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESINTRODUCTION; THE MEANING OF POLICY - AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORT POLICY IN ENGLAND (1998-2009); POLICY CONTENT; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9 AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE: THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CARBON REDUCTION MEASURES IN TRANSPORT; INTRODUCTION; COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT POLICY; COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR; TOWARDS A MORE COST-EFFECTIVE PROPOSAL; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10 A BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE CHANGEINTRODUCTION: A TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR PERSPECTIVE; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11 TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: A SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE; INTRODUCTION; THE UK POLICY CONTEXT; IDENTIFYING THE SOCIAL AND DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES FOR TRANSPORT; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM CASE STUDIES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12 THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS
• Sommario/riassunto: Transport accounts for 23% of global carbon dioxide emissions and is one of the few industrial sectors where emissions are still growing. There is a pressing need for transport to begin reducing emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The world is already committed to some degree of climate change and there is an additional need to adapt transport networks to cope with the future climate. This book examines the relationship between transport and climate change at a range of scales and from a series of different perspectives. The complex post-Kyoto international situation is covered before the discussion at national and then regional levels. It is clear that every country needs strong national policy to deliver the required greenhouse gas emission reductions. The UK has been the first country to implement a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book uses a range of UK examples to provide a timely record of progress to date in meeting the demands of the agreement in terms of the mitigation of climate change. The importance of climate and socio-economic scenarios forms the basis of a series of additional discussions on climate change adaptation, underlining the need for a holistic framework to tackle climate change in the transport sector.