Building blocks for sustainable transport : obstacles, trends, solutions / edited by Adriaan Perrels, Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perrels, A. H., editor.

Himanen, Veli, editor.

Lee-Gosselin, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Environmental aspects.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. This book is organized into three sections that discuss a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system.

Contents:

Prelims

Introduction

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

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786612735776

9781282735774

1282735772

9781613449370

1613449372

9780857245168

0857245163

OCLC:

659500697