عنوان

Unsustainable transport

(Number (ISBN

9786610156382

Country Code

IR

Number

ebook3835

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Country of publication

IR

Title Proper

Unsustainable transport

General Material Designation

[Electronic Resource]

First Statement of Responsibility

/ David Banister

Edition Statement

First edition.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

292 pages

Other Physical Details

: illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series Title

(Transport, development and sustainability)

Text of Note

Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 16, 2007).

Text of Note

GMD: electronic resource.

Text of Note

e

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Sustainable development -- The debate -- The car as an icon -- Car ownership and car use -- The global picture -- Proposition 1 - Transport is unsustainable -- Proposition 2 - Sustainable urban development is dependent upon the city being the centre of vitality, opportunity and wealth, and that transport has a major role to play -- The ten principles of sustainable development and transport -- Global trends and key concepts -- Sustainability and transport intensity -- The economic background -- The transport case -- Transport intensity -- Alternative measures of economic growth -- Empirical evidence from the UK and the EU15 -- Changes in society and the economy -- Public policy and sustainable transport -- Global perspectives on public policy -- Local perspectives on public policy -- Barriers to implementation -- Institutional and organizational issues -- Policy perspectives -- Opportunities for change -- Transport and urban form -- The key relationships between transport and urban form -- Fiscal and regulatory measures -- Pricing -- Distributional effects of congestion charging in London -- Regulatory incentives -- Carbon taxes -- Air travel -- Pricing and the United States -- Comments on fiscal and regulatory measures -- Technology and transport -- The technology -- Freight -- The limits of technology -- The impact of ICT on transport -- Production -- Living (and travelling) -- Working -- Learning from cities with low levels of motorization -- Equity -- Innovation -- Institutions and governance -- Visions for the future -- Visioning and backcasting -- The scenario building process outlined -- Discussion of the visions within cities in OECD countries -- The north-south divide in perceptions of sustainable development -- Discussion of the visions within cities in non-OECD countries -- Sustainable transport planning -- The achievement of sustainable transport objectives -- Importance of involving the people -- Sustainable urban development and transport.

Title

Transport, development and sustainability

Variant Title

CRKN - Taylor & Francis ebooks

Transportation--Environmental aspects

Transportation and state--Environmental aspects

Sustainable development.

Electronic books.--local

Number

Class number

Banister, David

MyiLibrary

Taylor & Francis

Country

ایران

Call Number

388.4,042

Date and Hour of Consultation and Access

0203003888.pdf

Electronic Format Type

0

old catalog

e

BL

1

a

Y