Urban transport and the environment an international perspective

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...

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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.

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245 0 0 |a Urban transport and the environment  |h [electronic resource] :  |b an international perspective /  |c World Conference on Transport Research Society and Institute for Transport Policy Studies. 
260 |a Bingley, U.K. :  |b Emerald,  |c 2004. 
300 |a 1 online resource (515 p.) :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Overview of urban transport and the environment / Hideo Nakamura ... [et al.] -- The urban transport system / Genevieve Giuliano ... [et al.] -- Environmental impacts due to urban transport / Daniel Sperling ... [et al.] -- Transport and land use instruments for a better environment / Anthony D. May ... [et al.] -- Transport-environment issues and countermeasures in various metropolises / Kazuaki Miyamoto ... [et al.] -- Political climate for environmental policies and proposals for international mechanism / Werner Rothengatter ... [et al.]. 
520 |a 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 problems, particularly in developing countries. This book was commissioned with the aim of helping to develop solutions by sharing experience from around the world. Four extensive chapters by leading researchers give an overview of the problem, analyse structures and trends in urban transportation, list the various ways transport affects the environment, and critically review the whole range of policy countermeasures available. The second half of the volume is given over to a uniquely valuable collection of case studies of 21 metropolises, carefully selected to provide a cross-section of different types of city from across the developing and developed world. The relevant characteristics of these cities are systematically described: socio-economic background; local condition of transport and the environment; policy planning, implementation, and evaluation, all with concrete examples. Key data are then presented in charts with a common structure to facilitate comparisons between cities.  
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650 7 |a Transportation  |x Automotive  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Business & Economics  |x Industries  |x Transportation.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Road transport industries.  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Environmental economics.  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Urban economics.  |2 bicssc 
650 0 |a Urban transportation  |x Environmental aspects. 
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655 9 |a electronic books  |2 eczenas 
710 2 |a WCTR Society. 
710 2 |a Un<U+02be>yu Seisaku Kenkyu<U+0304> Kiko<U+0304>. 
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