LEADER 03048oam 2200649I 450 001 9910825021803321 005 20240131151734.0 010 $a1-136-18790-1 010 $a0-203-08386-5 010 $a1-283-89408-4 010 $a1-136-18791-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203083864 035 $a(CKB)2550000000710839 035 $a(EBL)1101416 035 $a(OCoLC)823724066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787254 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12342781 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787254 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10813592 035 $a(PQKB)11619711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1101416 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1101416 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10640571 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420658 035 $a(OCoLC)823163755 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134279 035 $a(PPN)175126232 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000710839 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTransforming urban transport $ethe ethics, politics and practices of sustainable mobility /$fedited by Nicholas Low 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-52903-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aTransforming 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 combinatio 606 $aUrban transportation policy 606 $aUrban transportation$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aSustainable engineering 615 0$aUrban transportation policy. 615 0$aUrban transportation$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aSustainable engineering. 676 $a388.4028/6 701 $aLow$b Nicholas$0270788 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825021803321 996 $aTransforming urban transport$94076581 997 $aUNINA