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Building blocks for sustainable transport : obstacles, trends, solutions / edited by Adriaan Perrels, Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin. - 1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrations, map

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prelims -- Introduction -- How to cast the future? -- How to cast the future? -- Looking over the horizon: visioning and backcasting -- Lessons from prospective research on sustainable transport carried out through the OECD EST and French PREDIT programs -- Drivers of freight transport demand and their policy implications -- Spatial economic interactions in sustainable settings -- Space - Economy interactions in the context of sustainability -- The metropolitan field: an emerging form that may condition the sustainability of transport -- Sustainable mobility and urbanity -- Movement of goods, services and people: entanglements with sustainability implications -- Effectiveness and acceptability -- Effectiveness and acceptability: the keys to implementation -- Sustainable transport and quality of life -- Transport policies: actions, intentions and perceived effectiveness -- Policy analysis of sustainable transport and mobility: the SUMMA project -- About the Authors.

ISBN: 9780857245168

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Transportation--Environmental aspects.
Transportation--Public Transportation.
Transport industries.

LC Class. No.: HE147.65 / .B85 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 388.049

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 656