Building blocks for sustainable transport [[electronic resource] ] : obstacles, trends, solutions / / edited by Adriaan Perrels, Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : Emerald, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 388
• Soggetto topico: Transportation - Environmental aspects; Transportation and state; Sustainable development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PerrelsA. H HimanenVeli Lee-GosselinMartin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport: Obstacles, Trends, Solutions; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgement; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. Framing the Themes; 1.2. A Closer Look at External Effects; 1.3. The Key Challenges; References; Part 1. How to Cast the Future?; Chapter 2. How to Cast the Futurequest; Chapter 3. Looking Over the Horizon: Visioning and Backcasting; Chapter 4. Lessons from Prospective Research on Sustainable Transport Carried Out through the OECD EST and French PREDIT Programs; Chapter 5. Drivers of Freight Transport Demand and their Policy Implications ; Part 2. Spatial Economic Interactions in Sustainable SettingsChapter 6. Space-Economy Interactions in the Context of Sustainability; Chapter 7. The Metropolitan Field: An Emerging Form that may Condition the Sustainability of Transport; Chapter 8. Sustainable Mobility and Urbanity; Chapter 9. Movement of Goods, Services and People: Entanglements with Sustainability Implications; Part 3. Effectiveness and Acceptability; Chapter 10. Effectiveness and Acceptability: The Keys to Implementation; Chapter 11. Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life ; Chapter 12. Transport Policies: Actions, Intentions and Perceived EffectivenessChapter 13. Policy Analysis of Sustainable Transport and Mobility: The SUMMA Project; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. This book is organized into three sections that discuss a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system.
• Titolo autorizzato: Building blocks for sustainable transport
• ISBN: 1-282-73577-2; 9786612735776; 1-61344-937-2; 0-85724-516-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459885703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II