Screen LibraryMaking urban transport sustainable
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Global issues series |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 299 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0333981987 |
| Index Number: | X73 |
| CLC: |
X73 F294.3-05 |
| Call Number: | X73/M235 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index. Is urban transport sustainable? / Nicholas Low -- Global cities, transport, energy and the future : will ecosocialization reverse the historic trends? / Peter Newman -- The peak of oil : an economic and political turning point for the world / C.J. Campbell -- The effect of e-commerce on transportation demand / Hartmut Stiller -- Automotive pollution control technologies / Carlos Destefani and Elias Siores -- Towards sustainable transportation policy in the United States : a grassroots perspective / Cameron Yee -- Transport in the European Union : time to decide / John Whitelegg --Transport sustainability in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands / Emin Tengström -- The privatization of the Japan National Railways : the myth of neo-liberal reform and spatial configurations of the rail network in Japan - a view from critical geography / Izumi Takeda and Fujio Mizuoka -- Developing public transport in Indian cities : towards a sustainable future / Swapna Banerjee-Guha -- Transport and land use in Chinese cities : international comparisons / Gang Hu -- Barriers to sustainable transport in Australia / Brendan Gleeson, Carey Curtis and Nicholas Low -- Towards sustainable urban transportation in the European Union? / Rolf Lidskog, Ingemar Elander and Pia Brundin -- Managing transport demand in European countries / John Whitelegg with Nicholas Low -- Lessons from Asia on sustainable urban transport / Paul Barter, Jeff Kenworthy and Felix Laube. |