1st Edition
The Earthscan Reader on World Transport Policy and Practice
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Transport is now a critical problem throughout the world, and it is set to get worse. Whether it is traffic congestion, crashes (10 million killed and injured each year), noise, air pollution, landscape destruction, or greenhouse gas emissions (of which transport is the fastest-growing source), the damage and the costs from our current forms of transport are dangerously high and getting worse.... Read more
Part 1 Introduction: The Global Transport Problem: Same Issues but a Different Place * Part 2 Transport in Africa: Four Decades of Road Transport in Africa * Liveable Streets for Pedestrians in Nairobi: The Challenge of Road Traffic Accidents * Sustaining Africa's Rural Road Networks: The Asset Management Approach * Part 3 Transport in Asia: Southeast Asian Urban Transport: A Kaleidoscope of Challenges and Choices * Automobile Dependence in Bangkok: An International Comparison with Implications for Planning Policies * Kolkata City: An Urban Air Pollution Perspective * Road Infrastructure Investment in Bangladesh: Environment under Threat * Part 4 Transport in Australia: Back on Track? Will Australia Return to Rail? * A Wish Called Wander: Reclaiming Automobility from the Motor Car * Urban Transport Policy Paradoxes in Australia * Part 5 Transport in Europe: European Regional Transport Issues * New Roads Generate New Traffic * Car-free Households: Who lives without an Automobile Today? * Part 6 Transport in Latin America: Urban Transport in Latin America * Car-sharing in Latin America: Examining Prospects in Santiago * The Urban Transportation Crises in Developing Countries * Part 7 Transport in North America: Regional Transport Issues in North America * The North American Growth Fixation and the Inner City: Roads of Excess * Prospects for Sustainable Transportation in the Pacific Northwest: a Comparison of Vancouver, Seattle and Portland * Part 8 Transport in the Middle East: Transport in the Middle East * How Many Shall Live? How Many Shall Die? Deaths Resulting from the Trans-Israel Highway and Alternatives: A Risk Assessment Revisited * The Status of Transportation in the West Bank * Part 9 Visioning Change: New Directions in World Transport Policy and Practice * Index
Biography
John Whitelegg is Professor of Environmental Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Gary Haq is Research Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York.
Outlines new and desirable directions in policy and practice.' Future Survey 'Essential reading for transport planners, development economists, environmentalists, policy-makers as well as students.' The European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign 'Replete with the careful efforts of scholars and practitioners in diverse fields to rethink the car and its place in society. There is much in this book that will challenge and inform readers.' The Geographic Journal 'A good sourcebook for those researching or attempting to address the issues associated with world transport policy and practice, including students, planners, industrialists and government officials.' International Journal of Environmental Studies 'This is a tidy, largely well-written and logically structured text which in bite-sized chunks provides neat and informative summaries of urban transport issues globally and throws forward some very constructive arguments.' The Journal of Development Studies 'This is a stimulating volume with a wealth of illustrative tables and figures. It has a truly international authorship and global perspective.' Geography
