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Conference International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (9th : 2005 : Lisbon, Portugal)

Title Threats from car traffic to the quality of urban life : problems, causes, and solutions / edited by Tommy Gärling and Linda Steg.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2007.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 473 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Selected conference papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cver; Copyright page; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Abstract; Background; AIMS; Overview of Chapters; References; Part 1: Threats to the Quality of Urban Life from Car Traffic; Chapter 2. Environmental Effects of Urban Traffic; Chapter 3. The Impact of Automobile Traffic on Quality of Life; Chapter 4. Adverse Effects of Traffic Noise; Chapter 5. Wayfinding in Urban Environments; Chapter 6. Congruence and Conflict between Car Transportation and Psychological Restoration; Chapter 7. Assessment of External Costs: How and Why?; Part 2: Determinants of Private Car Use.
Summary Land Public Transport continues to gain greater attention in transport policy and economics, given its importance in assisting social cohesion and its contribution to reducing congestion and emissions. The chapters in this book are a refereed selection of the best papers initially presented at the 9th International Conference of Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (The Thredbo Series) in Lisbon in 2005. This was the ninth in a series of Thredbo conferences on the same general topic, gathering some of the world's best specialists in the field, from academia and from practice.
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Subject Automobiles -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
Automobiles -- Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Congresses.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City and town life -- Congresses.
City and town life.
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
Automobiles -- Social aspects.
Traffic engineering -- Congresses.
Traffic engineering.
City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
City planning -- Environmental aspects.
Indexed Term Car traffic
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Gärling, Tommy.
Steg, Linda.
Other Form: Print version: International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (9th : 2005 : Lisbon, Portugal). Threats from car traffic to the quality of urban life. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2007 9780080448534 0080448534 (OCoLC)86168542
ISBN 9780080481449 (electronic book)
0080481442 (electronic book)
0080448534 (Cloth)
9780080448534 (hardback)

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