Transport, Climate Change and the City
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Transport, Climate Change and the City

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Transport, Climate Change and the City

About this book

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.

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Information

Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780415660037
eBook ISBN
9781135108021

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Transport, climate change and the city
  10. 2 Futures, scenarios and strategic conversations
  11. 3 Ambitions towards sustainable mobility (London)
  12. 4 Affluent rurality and car dependence (Oxfordshire)
  13. 5 Breaking the projected trend (Delhi)
  14. 6 Building a new world (Jinan)
  15. 7 Urban dispersal and high motorisation (Auckland)
  16. 8 Sustainable transport and the city
  17. Annex
  18. References
  19. Index