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Sustainable Transportation: Indicators, Frameworks, and Performance Management
Henrik Gudmundsson
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Description for Sustainable Transportation: Indicators, Frameworks, and Performance Management
Hardcover. Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 30 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: RNU; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622.
This textbook provides an introduction to the concept of sustainability in the context of transportation planning, management, and decision-making. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, indicators and frameworks for measuring sustainable development in the transportation sector are developed. In the second, the authors analyze actual planning and decision-making in transportation agencies in a variety of governance settings. This analysis of real-world case studies demonstrates the benefits and limitations of current approaches to sustainable development in transportation. The book concludes with a discussion on how to make sustainability count in transportation decision-making and practice.
This textbook provides an introduction to the concept of sustainability in the context of transportation planning, management, and decision-making. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, indicators and frameworks for measuring sustainable development in the transportation sector are developed. In the second, the authors analyze actual planning and decision-making in transportation agencies in a variety of governance settings. This analysis of real-world case studies demonstrates the benefits and limitations of current approaches to sustainable development in transportation. The book concludes with a discussion on how to make sustainability count in transportation decision-making and practice.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Springer Texts in Business and Economics
Condition
New
Weight
621g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662469231
SKU
V9783662469231
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Ref
99-15
About Henrik Gudmundsson
Henrik Gudmundsson is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Transport at the Technical University of Denmark. He has a PhD in Business Economics from Copenhagen Business School. Henrik s main areas of research and teaching is sustainable transport policy, planning, and assessment. He has held leading positions in several national and European research projects and is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Sustainable Transportation: Indicators, Frameworks, and Performance Management
Gudmundsson et al. have written a text aimed at graduate-level students and transportation industry personnel to consider the myriad ways in which to apply more sustainable principles to transportation policies and practices. ... This thoughtful, excellently planned book may be written for transportation practitioners and transit students, but the lessons within it should matter to ... Read more