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Threats from car traffic to the quality of urban life : problems, causes and solutions / edited by Tommy Gärling, Linda Steg.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
- Automobiles.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Automobiles--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (487 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Features a behavioral science perspective on the threats to quality of urban life from car use and policy measures to reduce car use. This work provides a consolidated reference in car ownership and use. It is a key topical area backed up by international policy such as: The Kyoto Protocol.
- Contents:
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Threats to the quality of urban life from car traffic
- Environmental effects of urban traffic
- The impact of automobile traffic on quality of life
- Adverse effects of traffic noise
- Wayfinding in urban environments
- Congruence and conflict between car transportation and psychological restoration
- Assessment of external costs: how and why?
- Determinants of private car use
- The use of the car-mobility dependencies of urban everyday life
- Concepts of travel behaviour research
- Determinants of car dependence
- Instrumental motives for private car use
- Affective and symbolic aspects of car use
- Role and acquisition of car-use habit
- Ecological norm orientation and private car use
- Policy measures aimed at reducing private car use
- A classification of travel demand management measures
- Sustainable urban form: transport infrastructure and transport policies
- Effectiveness, public acceptance, and political feasibility of coercive measures for reducing car traffic
- The economic theory of transport pricing
- Behavioural responses to transport pricing: a theoretical analysis
- Social marketing of alternative transportation modes
- Intelligent transport systems for vehicle drivers
- Effectiveness of transport policies in reducing car travel
- Societal management of sustainable transportation: international policy review, commons dilemmas and solution strategies
- Author index
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Print version record
- ISBN:
- 1-281-05016-4
- 9786611050160
- 0-08-048144-2
- OCLC:
- 476058490
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