Transport and Sustainability – serie
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20 produkter
Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations
Av Simon Blainey, John Preston
Inbunden, 2022
1293 kr
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Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning, …
Cycling and Sustainability
Av John Parkin
Inbunden, 2012
1392 kr
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This book explores the reasons for difficulties in making cycling mainstream in many cultures, despite its claims for being one of the most sustainable forms of transport. In conditions of relatively low use, cycle users become more closely identified with their means of transport than users of …
Transport and Climate Change
Av Tim Ryley, Lee Chapman
Inbunden, 2012
1699 kr
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Transport accounts for 23% of global carbon dioxide emissions and is one of the few industrial sectors where emissions are still growing. There is a pressing need for transport to begin reducing emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The world is already committed to some degree of …
Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities
Av Roger L. Mackett, Anthony D. May m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1603 kr
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The volume is based on papers presented at a workshop on the green transport agenda and its implications for Chinese cities, organised by the World Conference on Transport Research Society in September 2010. The five sections of this volume review the challenges facing urban transport …
Sustainable Aviation Futures
Av Lucy Budd, Steven Griggs m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1309 kr
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This volume brings together some of the leading names in global aviation policy research to provide a unique and ground breaking synthesis of current debates on sustainable aviation. Unlike previous edited works, this volume is inter-disciplinary and international in nature, drawing on the work of …
Parking
Issues and Policies
Av Stephen G. Ison, Corinne Mulley
Inbunden, 2014
1895 kr
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Travel by car invariably involves the use of a car parking space at the start and end of the journey, the provision of which impacts on travel demand and travel behaviour. The presence or absence of parking at the destination also has significant implications for the demand for public transport. …
Sustainable Logistics
Av Cathy Macharis, Sandra Melo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1601 kr
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This book will bring a state of the art overview of the research done in sustainable logistics. It will be structured along the four A's of sustainable logistics:- 1 Awareness: it is important that companies and policy makers are aware of the effects of their activities and policies. New methods to …
Sustainable Urban Transport
Av Maria Attard, Yoram Shiftan
Inbunden, 2015
1615 kr
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The requirement for sustainable transport in urban areas has become more onerous in the past decade due to a number of negative externalities which have been increasingly associated with growing mobility and the advances made in the technology and available options for sustainable transport. …
Safe Mobility
Challenges, Methodology and Solutions
Av Dominique Lord, Simon Washington
Inbunden, 2018
1448 kr
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Safe mobility is clearly linked to transport sustainability, as fatalities and injuries resulting from people engaged with transport networks increasingly becomes a public health concern, relative to other health threats. This volume presents the current state of the knowledge across a multitude of …
Paratransit
Shaping the Flexible Transport Future
Av Corinne Mulley, John D. Nelson
Inbunden, 2016
1615 kr
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The 1970's and 1980's witnessed both substantial conceptual and practical interest in paratransit across Europe and North America, as well as widespread implementation of paratransit services and strategies. Subsequently, the trajectory of paratransit (also often referred to as flexible transport …
Transport, Travel and Later Life
Inbunden, 2017
1168 kr
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This book, set within a social gerontology and transport behaviour studies paradigm, examines current debates and issues around transport for older people and its relationship to health and wellbeing for individuals and society as a whole. This timely title explores transport and travel needs and …
Walking
Connecting Sustainable Transport with Health
Av Corinne Mulley, Klaus Gebel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1491 kr
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This book combines core chapters on different aspects of sustainable transport and health, together with case studies of particular approaches to synthesise walking and health in cities around the globe. Walking as a research area is multifaceted and this book presents chapters which synthesise the …
Urban Mobility and Social Equity in Latin America
Evidence, Concepts, Methods
Av Daniel Oviedo, Natalia Villamizar Duarte m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1336 kr
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This volume compiles contributions from international scholars on the social impacts of urban mobility and discussions on concepts and methods to examine the distributional effects of transport policies in Latin America.Chapters discuss concepts and methods for explaining the distributional effects …
Women, Work and Transport
Av Tessa Wright, Lucy Budd m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1406 kr
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Women play an essential role in the transport workforce worldwide, working in formal and informal jobs in public transport, road freight and logistics, rail, maritime and aviation sectors, in ports and in active travel. Women, Work and Transport is an international collection that brings together …
Transport and Pandemic Experiences
Av Maria Attard, Corinne Mulley
Inbunden, 2022
1336 kr
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The COVID-19 pandemic showed how transport plays a role in societal responses to global events at all levels, from governments to transport operators and individuals. Transport and Pandemic Experiences consolidates these lessons from a range of geographies and practices.Attard and Mulley bring …
Sustainable Automated and Connected Transport
Av Nikolas Thomopoulos, Nikolas Thomopoulos m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1196 kr
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are increasingly a core objective for policy makers, practitioners and citizens. Transport continues to be a core focus of these policy objectives, with Automated and Connected Transport (ACT) featuring as a potential solution to relevant challenges. Yet, …
Public Participation in Transport in Times of Change
Av Lisa Hansson, Claus Hedegaard Sørensen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1196 kr
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The role and agency of the public is often a minor consideration for researchers, authorities, and other experts evaluating policy goals, strategies, and instruments within the transport sector. Public Participation in Transport in Times of Change analyses and discusses different forms of …
Towards Transport Net Zero
Inbunden, 2025
1229 kr
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Achieving Net Zero is a wicked problem that is not just a question of applying technological innovation to existing transport patterns and behaviours. It involves all three aspects of the environmental, social and economic sustainability triangle and any attempt to significantly reduce transport’s …
Sustainable Transport and Tourism Destinations
Inbunden, 2021
1182 kr
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Transport allows tourists to move from their origins to their destinations and within destinations. The increase in tourism, and in connected mobility, has raised sustainability issues in terms of ecological protection and the economic efficiency of competing destinations. This book examines the …
Electrifying Mobility
Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car
Av Graham Parkhurst, William Clayton
Inbunden, 2022
1087 kr
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Transport is responsible for a growing share of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, emerging as an economic sector for which technical solutions have shown limited benefits and a shift to electric mobility is seen as an essential part of tackling both problems. However, despite …
