Transport policy and the environment / edited by David Banister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banister, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation and state--Great Britain.

Transportation and state.

Transportation--Environmental aspects.

Transportation.

Great Britain.

Transportation--Environmental aspects--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

"Transport Policy and the Environment" presents for the first time the results of extensive research: * quantifying the contribution of transport to environmental problems; * assessing the options for resolving those problems; * investigating the conflicts arising from policy implementation; and * developing new and better methods of data collection and analysis. It brings together the results of a major research program funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on Transport and the Environment and provides a clear view on current policy. It is the major contribution that UK research has made to the debate and provides the first set of substantive results on the effectiveness of policy, and the means by which the impact can be measured and assessed.

Contents:

Introduction : transport policy and the environment / David Banister

Transport and global warming : modelling the impacts of alternative policies / Melinda Accutt and John Dodgson

Forecasting road traffic growth : demographic change and alternative policy scenarios / Tony Fowkes ... [et al.]

Strategic environmental assessment in the transport sector / Riki Thérivel

Public attitudes to transport issues : findings from the British social attitudes surveys / Bridget Taylor and Lindsay Brook

Logistical restructuring, freight traffic growth and the environment / Alan McKinnon

Unintended effects of transport policies / Phil Goodwin

Transport provision and regional development in Europe / Roger Vickerman

The environment, efficient pricing and investment in transport : a model and some results for the UK / John Peirson and Roger Vickerman

Creating the sustainable supply chain : modelling and key relationships / James Cooper, Ian Black, and Melvyn Peters

Improving air quality : lessons from California / Wyn Grant

The location of new residential developments : its influence on car-based travel / Peter Headicar and Carey Curtis

Movement and mobility in the post-Fordist city / Andrew Gillespie, Patsy Healey and Kevin Robins

Greener transport towns : publicly acceptable, privately resisted? / Margaret Anderson ... [et al.]

Anomalies and biases in the contingent valuation method / Robert Sugden

Non-user benefits from investments in urban light rail : evidence from Sheffield / John Henneberry, Paul Lawless, and Peter Townroe

Conclusion / Peter Hall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0419231404

OCLC:

39038329