Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport Obstacles, Trends, Solutions

Name: Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport Obstacles, Trends, Solutions
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ISBN: 9780080447094

ISBN-10: 0080447090

ISBN-13: 9780080447094

Edition: 2007

Authors: Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin, Adriaan Perrels, A. H. Perrels, Adriaan Perrels

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Derived from the work of STELLA (Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America) Focus Group 4: Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use and Congestion, this collection is organised on three themes: technology forecasting and scenarios; space/environment/economy interactions; and equity/acceptability issues. *Discusses main research challenges and obstacles to design and implementation of a sustainable transport policy *Includes recommendations for R&D and suggested international cooperation *The environment is one of the four principal research priorities identified by ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) as key

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List price: $160.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 6/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.45" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgement


Preface



Introduction




How to Cast the Future?



How to Cast the Future?




Looking Over the Horizon: Visioning and Backcasting




Lessons from Prospective Research on Sustainable Transport Carried Out through the OECD EST and French PREDIT Programs




Drivers of Freight Transport Demand and their Policy Implications




Spatial Economic Interactions in Sustainable Settings



Space-Economy Interactions in the Context of Sustainability




The Metropolitan Field: An Emerging Form that may Condition the Sustainability of Transport




Sustainable Mobility and Urbanity




Movement of Goods, Services and People: Entanglements with Sustainability Implications




Effectiveness and Acceptability



Effectiveness and Acceptability: The Keys to Implementation




Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life




Transport Policies: Actions, Intentions and Perceived Effectiveness




Policy Analysis of Sustainable Transport and Mobility: The SUMMA Project



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