Peter Cox

Moving People (eBook, PDF)

Sustainable Transport Development

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the author raises questions about mobility in the face of climate change and energy security, particularly for the developing world.

Featuring original case studies from across the globe, this book is essential for anyone studying or working in the area of environmental sustainability and transport policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781848134546
• Artikelnr.: 38356511

Autorenporträt

Peter Cox is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Chester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Movement and Mobility
2. Sustainable Development and EcoMobility
3. The Problem of Car-dominance
4. Automobility and its Alternatives
5. The City as a System: Transport as Network
6. Mobility in the Mega-City: Delhi
7. Non Motorised Transport: Bicycles and other wheeled vehicles
8. Bicycle and NMT programmes in Action
9. Bicycles and Rickshaws in South Asia
10. Institutional changes
Conclusions