Threats from car traffic to the quality of urban life : problems, causes and solutions
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, United Kingdom :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2007
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080481449 9781786359896 |
| DOI | 10.1108/9780080481449 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (473 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Threats to the quality of urban life from car traffic
- Environmental effects of urban traffic
- The impact of automobile traffic on quality of life
- Adverse effects of traffic noise
- Wayfinding in urban environments
- Congruence and conflict between car transportation and psychological restoration
- Assessment of external costs: how and why?
- Determinants of private car use
- The use of the car-mobility dependencies of urban everyday life
- Concepts of travel behaviour research
- Determinants of car dependence
- Instrumental motives for private car use
- Affective and symbolic aspects of car use
- Role and acquisition of car-use habit
- Ecological norm orientation and private car use
- Policy measures aimed at reducing private car use
- A classification of travel demand management measures
- Sustainable urban form: transport infrastructure and transport policies
- Effectiveness, public acceptance, and political feasibility of coercive measures for reducing car traffic
- The economic theory of transport pricing
- Behavioural responses to transport pricing: a theoretical analysis
- Social marketing of alternative transportation modes
- Intelligent transport systems for vehicle drivers
- Effectiveness of transport policies in reducing car travel
- Societal management of sustainable transportation: international policy review, commons dilemmas and solution strategies
- Author index
- Subject index.