Moving people : sustainable transport development /

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 oppos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cox, Peter, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Cape Town, South Africa : New York : Zed ; UCT Press ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, ©2010.
Subjects:
Transportation and state.
Transportation > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Appropriate technology.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale.
Développement durable.
Technologie appropriée.
Transport > Aspect de l'environnement.
sustainable development.
appropriate technology.
Development studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Entrepreneurship.
Appropriate technology
Sustainable development
Transportation and state
Transportation > Environmental aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tables; Boxes; Preface and acknowledgements; 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 megacity: Delhi; 7
  • Non-motorised transport: walking and cycling; 8
  • Bicycle and NMT programmes in action; 9
  • Bicycles and rickshaws in South Asia; 10
  • Institutional changes; Conclusion; References; Index.

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