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 eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
Subjects
Urban transportation > Environmental aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080470290
9781786359988
DOI10.1108/9780080470290
Physical Description1 online resource (515 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.].

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