Urban transport and the environment an international perspective

• Corporate Authors: WCTR Society., Un<U+02be>yu Seisaku Kenkyu<U+0304> Kiko<U+0304>.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
• Subjects: Transportation > Automotive > General.; Business & Economics > Industries > Transportation.; Road transport industries.; Environmental economics.; Urban economics.; Urban transportation > Environmental aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080470290 (electronic bk.); 9781786359988 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (515 p.) : ill.

The damaging environmental impact of urban transport, as recognised by the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is a worsening global problem that needs to be tackled with local solutions. At the same time, urban transport has been causing serious local environmental prob...