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Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264027138
This book illustrates that decoupling the environmental impacts of transport from economic growth is achievable, through the efficient use of charges, fees, taxes and other economic instruments.
Author : BMW Group
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540682998
This book combines approaches from economics as well as business administration to stimulate scientific discourse and support decision-makers. The first part of the book examines the relationship between transport and economic growth, and specifically, whether "decoupling" of transport and economic growth appears possible. Previously unavailable regional data for Italy and Germany were collected and analyzed. The results indicate that transport makes an important contribution to economic growth.
Author : Michael H. Smith,Cheryl Desha,Karlson Hargroves
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849776370
Cents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'. The Brundtland Report argued that not only was it achievable, but that it was an urgent imperative in order to achieve a transition to sustainable development while significantly reducing poverty and driving 'clean and green' investment. With some still arguing for significantly slowing economic growth in order to reduce pressures on the environment, this new book.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264072916
This book looks in detail at how globalisation has affected activity levels in maritime shipping, aviation, and road and rail freight, and assesses the impact that changes in activity levels have had on the environment.
Author : Moshe Givoni,David Banister
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781781007235
ÔFor a thorough and thoughtful perspective on what it will take to de-carbonize cities of the future, this book is a must-read. Technology alone, we are told, will not create the post-carbon city. As important is coming to grips with a complex web of cultural, institutional, financial, and social factors that powerfully shape mobility choices, now and in the future. A balanced, holistic approach that reveals how the many elements of contemporary transport systems work together offers the best hope for achieving more sustainable, less carbon-intensive mobility futures.Õ Ð Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US ÔThis is not just another book about transport and climate change. It sensibly places transport within the much broader concept of mobility and explores all aspects of travel behaviour, of people and goods, and the infrastructure needs to serve these, leading to a balanced set of policy proposals. This volume, compiled by an internationally eminent team of researchers, is essential reading for all those wanting a balanced and objective analysis of this critical topic.Õ Ð Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UK ÔA unique assemblage of papers by top international experts that together cover every aspect of the transport-mobility-environment relationship Ð todayÕs central issue for transport planners worldwide.Õ Ð Sir Peter Hall, University College London (UCL), UK The transport sector has been singularly unsuccessful in becoming low carbon and less resource intensive. This book takes an innovative and holistic social, cultural and behavioural perspective, as well as covering the more conventional economic and technological dimensions, to provide a more complete understanding of the mobility and transport system and its progress towards high carbon mobility. The book uses this platform to explore the means to achieve low carbon mobility through outlining alternative pathways, through an investigation of theories of change, and through alternative visions of the low carbon transport city. The bookÕs core message is that the complexity of the mobility and transport system should not encourage inaction, but strong and immediate action. In addition to implementing a wide range of policy measures, the book argues for a fundamental change in ÔthinkingÕ when it comes to transport policy, governance and analysis approaches, before low carbon mobility becomes a reality. Bringing together the latest thinking on transport, mobility and the environment, this book will appeal to researchers and students interested in sustainability issues and sustainable transport and transport related areas in particular, including policy makers as well as a more general professional audience.
Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : OECD
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015052546473
This publication presents the proceedings of an international seminar, held in December 2002, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the EMCT in order to prepare for a debate on sustainable transport policies at the 2003 Council of Ministers. The seminar sought to review the key determinants of transport demand and to identify measures for influencing these factors. It highlighted the importance of implementing demand management policies and identified aspects of good practice in integrated transport, land use planning and charging for the use of infrastructure.
Author : Jonas Akerman,David Banister,Karl Dreborg,Peter Nijkamp,Ruggero Schleicher-Tappeser,Dominic Stead,Peter Steen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-10-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135159788
It is now widely accepted that transport is becoming increasingly unsustainable and that strong policy intervention is required to reduce both the growth in transport demand and the environmental costs of transport. This book challenges conventional approaches to transport by moving away from trend based analysis towards the use of scenarios to identify alternative sustainable transport futures. It both summaries the development of EU transport policy and presents a critique. The policy context is widened to include the global changes taking place in economics, society and technology. It develops new methodologies for policy making for the next 25 years.
Author : David Banister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134325122
This book addresses the links between transport and sustainable urban development, from an analysis of the global picture to issues in transport and energy intensity, public policy and the institutional and organisational constraints on change. The central part of the book explores these links in more detail at city level, covering land use and development, economic measures, and the role that technology can play. The final part looks for inspiration from events in developing countries and the means by which we can move from the unsustainable present to a more sustainable future.
Author : Great Britain: Department for Transport
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0101722621
This discussion paper describes the Government's transport policy objectives, in light of the recommendations of the Eddington transport study (2006, ISBN 9780118404877) and the Stern report on the economics of climate change (2007, ISBN 9780102944204). It sets out the Department for Transport's policy and investment plans for the period to 2013-14. It goes on to propose a new approach to longer-term strategic transport planning and development, building on the Eddington model, and explains how it will engage with key stakeholders during its implementation. Four key steps are identified in this approach: clarity about policy goals; identifying transport challenges; generating options to address them; and selecting options that deliver the best value for money in the context of sustainable development. The document highlights five broad goals within the Government's transport agenda: maximising the competitiveness and productivity of the economy; addressing climate change; protecting people's safety, security and health; improving quality of life through a healthy natural environment; and promoting greater equality of opportunity.
Author : Ronald E. Hester,Roy M. Harrison
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0854042954
Mass transportation has become central to the lifestyle of developed societies - but with what consequences for the environment and, ultimately, human health? Transport and the Environment investigates the major aspects of this emotive subject, with contributions from authors with international reputations for their research in the field. Discussions encompass air transport and its contribution to global pollution, the possible consequences of using hydrogen as a fuel, performance indicators and policy instruments for sustainable transport, the contamination of the atmosphere and surface waters by road vehicles, the impact of surface transport on climate, and the effects of transport pollutants on public health. This authoritative review of the current state of knowledge will be of great value to scientists, policy-makers and students on environmental science and engineering courses.
Author : Kenneth Button,Aura Reggiani
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780857930637
Recent years have seen considerable changes in the technology of transportation with the development of high-speed rail networks, more fuelefficient automobiles and aircraft, and the widespread adoption of informatics in disciplines such as traffic management and supply chain logistics. The contributions to this volume assess transportation interactions with employment and income, examine some of the policies that have been deployed to maximize the economic and social impacts of transportation provision at the local and regional levels and analyze how advances in transportation technologies have, and will, impact future development. Due in part to the general liberalization of markets, there have been major changes in the institutional environment in which transportation is supplied; these changes inevitably affect wider economic systems and development, although in turn these changes feed back upon transportation networks. The contributors to this work develop these and other themes, from a variety of perspectives, implementing a wide range of academic approaches into their analyses. Stemming from initiatives of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR), Transportation and Economic Development Challenges presents a body of research that exemplifies the organization's objective of fostering research collaboration around the world.
Author : Robin Hickman,David Banister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135108021
Sustainable mobility has long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities in Asia. Progress however appears difficult to make as the private car, still largely fuelled by petrol or diesel, remains the mainstream mode of use. Transport is the key sector where carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions seem difficult to reduce. Transport, Climate Change and the City seeks to develop achievable and low transport CO2 emission futures in a range of international case studies, including in London, Oxfordshire, Delhi, Jinan and Auckland. The aim is that the scenarios as developed, and the consideration of implementation and governance issues, can help us plan for and achieve attractive future travel behaviours at the city level. The alternative is to continue with only incremental progress against CO2 reduction targets, to ‘sleepwalk’ into climate change difficulties, oil scarcity, a poor quality of life, and to continue with the high traffic casualty figures. The topic is thus critical, with transport viewed as central to the achievement of the sustainable city and reduced CO2 emissions.
Author : David A. Hensher,Kenneth J. Button
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080441033
Each chapter was specially commissioned from an acknowledged world expert on the topic.
Author : Matthew Humphreys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136876202
This book sets out a critical analysis of the body of law and policy initiatives that constitute the EU's common transport policy. The development of the transport policy is charted through amending and founding Treaties as well as non-legislative documents. The book uses a model of sustainability as the basis for the analysis as the criteria for sustainable development were set out under Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. However, sustainable development, when taken in the context of transport is difficult to reconcile with unbridled economic growth and uncheck.
Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789282103494
These conference proceedings sketch a broad overview of transport economics research since the inception of the ECMT in 1953 and map out the directions for future work.