Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309059596
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Environmental, Social, and Economic Effects of Transportation
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309059596
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Environmental Social and Economic Effects of Transportation
Author: Social and Economic Effects of Highways
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Socio-Economic Studies DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clinical psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Urban Form and Accessibility
Author: Corinne MulleyPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128198230
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The growth of global urbanization places great strains on energy, transportation, housing and public spaces needs. As such, transport and land use are inextricably linked. Urban Form and Accessibility: Social, Economic, and Environment Impacts consolidates key insights from multidisciplinary perspectives on the relationship between urban form and transportation planning. Synthesizing the latest cutting-edge research, the book translates academic evidence into practice. Starting with an overview of the key concepts relevant to each discipline, the book covers critical elements such as governance, travel behavior, and technological disruption, showing how to move towards a more sustainable society for all city inhabitants. Draws on evidence-based success stories from countries around the globe Gathers global leading thinkers to provide the state-of-the-art on the topic Examines social, economic, and environmental impacts within each chapter Each chapter’s content will have the same structure for easier discoverability
The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation
Author: David L. GreenePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642590640
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Modern transportation systems have far-reaching, and serious consequences: deaths and injuries from accidents, pollution of air, water and groundwater, noise congestion, and the greenhouse effect. As world transport systems expand and become increasingly motorised, the transportation community is searching for systems that are both efficient and sustainable. Here, leading international researchers explore the issues and concepts and define the state of knowledge concerning the full costs and benefits of transportation.
Environmental, Social, and Economic Effects of Transportaion (R1559).
Author: Transportation and Economic Development Challenges
Author: Kenneth ButtonPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 085793063X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
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.
Guidebook for Assessing the Social and Economic Effects of Transportation Projects
Author: David J. ForkenbrockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Handbook of Sustainable Travel
Author: Tommy GärlingPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400770340
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This volume gathers distinguished researchers on travel behavior from a variety of disciplines, to offer state-of-the-art research and analysis encompassing environmental, traffic and transport psychology; transport planning and engineering; transport geography; transport economics; consumer services research; environmental sociology and well-being research. The underlying dilemma is that neither contemporary transportation technology nor contemporary travel behaviors are sustainable. The path toward sustainability is complex, because the consequences of changing technology and attempts to change travel preferences can be extreme both in economic and in social terms. The Handbook of Sustainable Travel discusses transportation systems from environmental, social and economic perspectives, to provide insights into the underlying mechanisms, and to envisage potential strategies towards more sustainable travel. Part I offers an introduction to the subject, with chapters review historical and future trends in travel, the role of travel for a good society, and the satisfaction of travelers with various features of travel options. Part II proceeds from the fact that the car is the backbone of today’s transportation system, and that a break with automobiles is likely to be necessary in the future. Contributors review the development of private car use, explore economic and psychological reasons why the car has become the primary mode of transport and discuss how this can be changed in the future. Part III addresses the social sustainability of travel, providing insights into the social costs and benefits of leisure, business and health travel, and taking into account the social costs or benefits of measures whose goals are primarily environmental. The authors provide the necessary background to judge whether proposed transport policies are also sustainable from a social perspective. Part IV highlights future alternatives to physical travel and surveys ecologically sustainable travel modes such as public transport and non-motorized modes of transportation.
Globalisation, Transport and the Environment
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264072918
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
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.