Transport revolutions : moving people and freight without oil / / Richard Gilbert & Anthony Perl
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| Autore: |
Gilbert Richard <1940->
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| Titolo: |
Transport revolutions : moving people and freight without oil / / Richard Gilbert & Anthony Perl
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, Pa., : New Society, 2010 |
| Edizione: | Rev. and updated ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (555 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 388 |
| Soggetto topico: | Transportation - Environmental aspects |
| Transportation - Energy conservation | |
| Transportation - Forecasting | |
| Altri autori: |
PerlAnthony <1962->
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Learning from Past Transport Revolutions -- Transport Today -- Transport and Energy -- Transport's Adverse Impacts -- The Next Transport Revolutions -- Leading the Way Forward -- Appendix A List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Examines the worldwide state of transport today, especially its energy use and its impacts, positive and negative. The authors then show, focusing on the US and China, how ample movement of people and freight could be sustained beyond 2025 with much reduced dependence on oil. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Transport revolutions |
| ISBN: | 9786612748219 |
| 9781282748217 | |
| 1282748211 | |
| 9781550924534 | |
| 1550924532 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910956329303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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