1st Edition

Sustainability in European Transport Policy

By Matthew Humphreys Copyright 2011
214 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

The construction of the European Economic Communities in 1950 primarily set out to build an integrated economic zone in which national borders were, to a large extent, overcome. The ability of persons and goods to move freely within the economic zone was seminal in the realisation of economic integration. Underlying this, and therefore an implied necessity for European growth, an effective... Read more

Introduction  1. The Legislative and Policy Context of the Common Transport Policy  2. European Transport Initiatives  3. The Polluter Pays Principle: The Theory of Market Mechanisms  4. Road Pricing in Theory and Practice  5. Sustainable Development and Transport  6. The Polluter Pays Principle in Practice  7. Conclusions

Biography

Matthew Humphreys is Professor of Law at Kingston University, UK.