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Transportation, energy use and environmental impacts /
Transportation, Energy Use and Environmental Impacts shows researchers, students and professionals the important connection between transportation planning, energy use and emissions. The book examines the major transportation activities, components, systems and subsystems by mode. It closely explore...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Transportation, Energy Use and Environmental Impacts; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Transportation, an introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Concepts related to transportation; 1.3 Transportation modes; 1.3.1 Road transportation; 1.3.1.1 Roads; 1.3.1.2 Road vehicles; 1.3.1.3 Road terminals; 1.3.1.4 Control; 1.3.2 Railway transportation; 1.3.2.1 Permanent way; 1.3.2.2 Rolling stock; 1.3.2.3 Railway terminals; 1.3.2.4 Control; 1.3.3 Water transportation; 1.3.3.1 Waterway or navigation routes; 1.3.3.2 Vessels; 1.3.3.3 Terminals
- 1.3.3.4 Control1.3.4 Pipeline transportation; 1.3.4.1 Pipeline; 1.3.4.2 Terminals; 1.3.4.3 Controls; 1.3.5 Air transportation; 1.3.5.1 Ways; 1.3.5.2 Vehicles; 1.3.5.3 Terminals; 1.3.5.4 Control; 1.4 Multimodal transportation; 1.4.1 Typical operation plans in multimodal freight transportation; 1.4.2 Typical operation plans in multimodal passenger transportation; 1.4.3 Conditions for multimodal transportation; 1.5 Life cycle of a transportation system; 1.6 An overview of transportation worldwide; 1.7 Final considerations; 1.8 Exercises; References; Further reading
- Chapter 2: Planning, design, and construction of infrastructure for transportation systems and their environmental impacts2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Planning and design of transportation systems; 2.3 Construction of transportation systems infrastructure; 2.3.1 Deforestation of areas and real estate expropriation; 2.3.2 Installation, operation, and subsequent deactivation of construction sites; 2.3.3 Opening of tracks, accesses, and service paths; 2.3.4 Installation and operation of asphalt, concrete, and crushing plants; 2.3.5 Opening and recuperation of borrow pits and waste pits
- 2.3.6 Dredging, rock blasting, and earthworks2.3.7 Slope stabilization; 2.3.8 Drainage works; 2.3.9 Paving works; 2.3.10 Regular and special civil engineering structures; 2.3.11 Operation of machinery and equipment; 2.3.12 Works of implementation and installation of guideway accessories; 2.3.13 Specific actions and reflexes on the environment; 2.3.14 Reflexes on the environment and selected mitigation measures; 2.4 Demobilization of transportation systems infrastructure; 2.5 Final considerations; 2.6 Exercises; Further reading; Chapter 3: Transportation planning and energy use
- 3.1 Introduction3.2 An overview of energy use in transportation; 3.3 Transportation planning and energy use; 3.3.1 Aspects that impact energy use in transportation; 3.3.1.1 The number and length of trips made; 3.3.1.2 Modes of transportation used and their energy use; 3.3.2 Transportation demand planning and energy use; 3.3.2.1 The need to make trips; 3.3.2.2 The length of trips; 3.3.2.3 The choice for the transportation mode with the lowest energy use; 3.3.3 Transportation management procedures under an energy use perspective; 3.3.3.1 ASI methodology; 3.3.3.2 ASIF methodology