1st Edition
Strategies for Sustainable Mobilities Opportunities and Challenges
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sustainable mobility is a qualitative, vague and normative vision. Although this vagueness is often criticized and seen as a drawback it also allows diverse stakeholders to commit to the goal of sustainable mobility. It allows for consensus, which can also help achieve a transport system that enables mobility for current and future generations. The goal of sustainable mobility is an ambitious one... Read more
List of Figures, List of Tables, Notes on Contributors, Preface, Introduction: Conceptual Framework for Developing Future Mobility, PART I Activity Patterns in Different Contexts, PART II Models for Sustainability, PART III Innovative Strategies, Index
Biography
Regine Gerike is at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Friederike Hülsmann at the Öko-Institut e.V., Berlin and Technische Universität München, Germany, and Katrin Roller at the Technische Universität München, Germany.
’Societies are built on high levels of mobility. This book brings together leading European researchers to outline the problems and possibilities for sustainable mobility, through a wide range of novel approaches examining how behaviour might change. The social dimensions of behaviour are highlighted along with case study examples of innovative practices. Progress is being made towards sustainable mobility, but only slowly.’ David Banister, Oxford University, UK ’Without getting lost in definitions this timely book provides an accessible, stimulating, and well-organized entry point to sustainable mobilities research. How could the needs of present and future generations be served if these are not diligently scrutinized? We are offered new insights into what various novel approaches and potential strategies may accomplish.' Henrik Gudmundsson, DTU Transport, Denmark
