1st Edition

Transport, Climate Change and the City

By Robin Hickman, David Banister Copyright 2014
400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

Sustainable travel behaviours have long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities of Asia, South America and Africa. 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... Read more

1. Transport and the City 2. Scenarios and Strategic Conversations 3. Ambitions Towards Sustainable Mobility 4. Low Carbon Transport Pathways and Wider Sustainability Impacts 5. Breaking the Trend 6. Building a New World 7. Mechanisms for Achieving Sustainable Travel

Biography

Professor David Banister is Professor of Transport Studies and Director of the Transport Studies Unit at University of Oxford, UK.

Dr Robin Hickman is a Senior Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London and Visiting Research Associate at the Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK.