03048oam 2200649I 450 991082502180332120240131151734.01-136-18790-10-203-08386-51-283-89408-41-136-18791-X10.4324/9780203083864 (CKB)2550000000710839(EBL)1101416(OCoLC)823724066(SSID)ssj0000787254(PQKBManifestationID)12342781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787254(PQKBWorkID)10813592(PQKB)11619711(MiAaPQ)EBC1101416(Au-PeEL)EBL1101416(CaPaEBR)ebr10640571(CaONFJC)MIL420658(OCoLC)823163755(FINmELB)ELB134279(PPN)175126232(EXLCZ)99255000000071083920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransforming urban transport the ethics, politics and practices of sustainable mobility /edited by Nicholas LowAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-52903-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The dilemma of mobility -- Mobility of goods and people : the foundation of our transport systems -- The global environmental crisis of transport -- From auto-dependence to sustainable mobility -- Global regimes and urban public transport -- Institutional barriers to sustainable mobility -- Governing dispersed and concentrated cities -- Mobilizing paradigm shift -- New analysis for a new synthesis -- Transforming children's mobility -- Disseminating learning -- The dimensions of change.Transforming Urban Transport confronts head-on the dilemma faced by a world wedded to mobility: the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuelled path and the real paucity of viable technological alternatives which can be deployed in time. To respond to the dilemma, the ideal of urban transport must be changed from auto-based mobility to systems of sustainable transport in which public transport, and non-motorised transport work together to reduce climate change pressures, enhance urban quality and preserve life and health. The book challenges the commonly held view that a combinatioUrban transportation policyUrban transportationEnvironmental aspectsSustainable engineeringUrban transportation policy.Urban transportationEnvironmental aspects.Sustainable engineering.388.4028/6Low Nicholas270788MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825021803321Transforming urban transport4076581UNINA