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1 online resource (393 pages). |
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| Series |
Transport and Sustainability ; v.3
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Transport and sustainability.
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
FRONT COVER; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FOR CHINESE CITIES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND THE GLOBAL AND CHINESE CONTEXT; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; THE GLOBAL CONTEXT; THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE; THE CHINESE CONTEXT; APPROACHES TO POLICY FORMULATION; TRAFFIC AND PASSENGER TRANSPORT; FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 PROJECTING GLOBAL URBANIZATION AND THE GROWTH OF MEGACITIES; INTRODUCTION; POPULATION SCENARIOS IN IPCC SRES AND IIASA-GGI DATABASE; URBAN GROWTH MODEL; CITY SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND EXPONENT PARAMETER. |
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LOCATION SUITABILITY FOR CITY LOCATIONDISCUSSIONS ON MODELLING AND DATA QUALITY; PROJECTION OF CITY POPULATION USING SRES SCENARIOS; MEGACITIES IN CHINA; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRAVEL POLICIES IN CHINA; INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATION OF URBAN TRAVEL AND LAND-USE POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL EQUITY ISSUES IN TRANSPORT; ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH REDUCED MOBILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT FINANCE; NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES. |
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SECTION 2: APPROACHES TO POLICY FORMULATIONCHAPTER 4 THE THREE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITY: THE COMING CHALLENGE OF URBAN MOBILITY; INTRODUCTION; ACCESSIBILITY: A POWERFUL CONCEPT FACING THE CHALLENGES OF URBAN MOBILITY; FROM TIME GAINS TO LAND-USE PRIORITIES: THE THREE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITY; DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE SAME URBAN ACCESSIBILITY CHALLENGE; CONCLUDING REMARKS: WHEN COLLECTIVE LAND-USE PRIORITIES SHAPE ACCESSIBILITY SUPPLY!; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION IN CHINA; DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND AND CHALLENGES. |
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STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING GREEN TRANSPORTATIONDOMESTIC PRACTICES; EXISTING PROBLEMS AND PATHS TOWARD IMPROVEMENT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 MANAGING URBAN MOBILITY SYSTEMS THROUGH A CROSS-ASSESSMENT MODEL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF LAND-USE AND TRANSPORT INTEGRATION; INTRODUCTION; ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC CROSS-ASSESSMENT MODEL; CROSS-ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPORT STRATEGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON URBAN STRUCTURE; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 DELIVERING A MORE SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TRANSPORT POLICY PACKAGES. |
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THE CHALLENGE OF GREEN URBAN TRANSPORTTHE DESIGN OF POLICY PACKAGES; PREDICTIVE RESEARCH ON OPTIMAL POLICY PACKAGES; OPTIMAL LEVELS FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS; SYNERGY BETWEEN INSTRUMENTS; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS UNDER CONSTRAINTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS; IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINESE CITIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 DELIVERING TRANSPORT POLICY CHANGE IN CHINA: LESSONS FROM THE UK; INTRODUCTION; TRANSPORT POLICY AT THE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL LEVELS; POLICY CHANGE AT THE STRATEGIC LEVEL. |
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TRANSPORT POLICY CHANGE AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL. |
| Access |
Due to publisher license, access is restricted to authorised GRAIL clients only. Please contact GRAIL staff. |
| Summary |
The volume is based on papers presented at a workshop on the green transport agenda and its implications for Chinese cities, organised by the World Conference on Transport Research Society in September 2010. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Urban transportation -- China.
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Urban transportation. |
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China. |
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Urban transportation -- Environmental aspects -- China.
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Urban transportation -- Environmental aspects. |
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Sustainable engineering -- China.
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Sustainable engineering. |
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Transportation and state -- China.
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Transportation and state. |
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Sustainable development -- China.
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Sustainable development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
May, Anthony D.
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Kii, Masanobu.
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Pan, Haixiao, 1962-
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Ison, Stephen.
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Shaw, Jon.
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| Other Form: |
Print version Mackett, Roger L. Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities Bradford : Emerald Group Publishing Limited,c2013 9781781904756 |
| ISBN |
9781781904763 |
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1781904766 |
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9781781904756 |
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1781904758 |
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9781283959063 |
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1283959062 |
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