The automotive industry and the environment :a technical, business and social future /
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Boca Raton, Fla. :Cambridge, U.K. :
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CRC Press ;
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c2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 255 p. ;24 cm.
SERIES
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Woodhead Publishing in environmental management
NOTES PERTAINING TO BINDING AND AVAILABILITY
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Abbreviations and glossary -- Introduction -- The structure of the automotive industry -- Markets and the demand for cars -- From manufacturers to responsible mobility providers -- Sector shift, inter-sector dynamics and futures studies -- Powertrain and fuel -- Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy -- High volume car production: Budd and Ford -- Alternatives to high volume car production -- Sustainability -- Sustainable mobility -- Practical steps towards sustainability -- Automobility 2050, the vision -- The distributed economy -- The shape of the future -- The roadmap -- Micro factory retailing -- Conclusions and implications -- index.