Threats from car traffic to the quality of urban life : problems, causes and solutions

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Gärling, Tommy (Editor), Steg, Linda (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2007
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080481449
9781786359896
DOI10.1108/9780080481449
Physical Description1 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.