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Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport: Obstacles, Trends, Solutions
Veli Himanen
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Description for Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport: Obstacles, Trends, Solutions
Hardcover. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. This book is organized into three sections, each discussing a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNG; RNU; RPT; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 6. Weight in Grams: 616.
This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. Assessments of external effects, and their optimal levels, tend to be piecemeal, localized, and focused on a specific type of effect. Sustainability, on the other hand, is a comprehensive, forward-looking concept that encompasses the achievement of a state of society that is better overall; it requires a widened concept of welfare that includes environmental quality and social justice in both ... Read more
This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. Assessments of external effects, and their optimal levels, tend to be piecemeal, localized, and focused on a specific type of effect. Sustainability, on the other hand, is a comprehensive, forward-looking concept that encompasses the achievement of a state of society that is better overall; it requires a widened concept of welfare that includes environmental quality and social justice in both ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Kidlington, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780080447094
SKU
V9780080447094
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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