Making Urban Transport Sustainable

Making Urban Transport Sustainable addresses the future of urban transport as a global issue. Money is being poured into roads, railways and airports at a time when the global atmosphere is threatened and oil production has reached its peak. If the world's environment and societies are to be sustained, urban transport has to change. Contributions by experts from the developed and developing world discuss the severity of the problem and suggest potential solutions.

Auteur

SWAPNA BANERJEE-GUHA Professor of Human Geography, University of Mumbai, India PAUL BARTER Lecturer, Geography Department, National University, Singapore CAREY CURTIS Lecturer, Curtin University, Australia CARLOS DESTEFANI Research Engineer, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia INGEMAR ELANDER Associate Professor in Political Science, Örebro University, Sweden GANG HU Research Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia JEFF KENWORTHY Associate Professor, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Australia FELIX LAUBE Swiss Federal Railways ROLF LIDSKOG Professor of Sociology, Örebro University, Sweden FUJIO MIZUOKA Professor of Economic Geography, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan PETER NEWMAN Professor of City Policy, Murdoch University, Australia ELIAS SIORES Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia HARTMUT STILLER Former Senior Fellow, Department of Material Flows and Structural Change, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy IZUMI TAKEDA Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan EMIN TENGSTRÖM Research Professor of Transportation Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark JOHN WHITELEGG Professor of Environmental Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, UK CAMERON YEE Policy Director, People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO)

Résumé
Urban transport has become a global issue because transport in one city affects the future of all cities. Governments are building transport systems designed to encourage more travel - when we need less. The era of cheap oil is ending. The atmosphere is warming. Cities of developing nations cannot survive the pollution from road vehicles. Alternative technologies will help but by themselves they will not save urban environments from further degradation.In Making Urban Transport Sustainable, expert contributors view these issues from different perspectives and discuss what can and must be done to address the problem. This discussion presents a worldwide perspective, bringing together expert views on technology, fuel, society, the environment and transport.Old habits are changing. People want better cities representing their real needs. Adaptation by consumers and planning institutions to the new reality of limits to transport is slowly evolving and this book is a valuable contribution to the debate.

Contenu

List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Internet Websites Is Urban Transport Sustainable?; N.Low PART I: GLOBAL ISSUES IN TRANSPORT SUSTAINABILITY Global Cities, Transport, Energy and the Future: Will Ecosocialization Reverse the Historic Trends?; P.Newman The Peak of Oil: An Economic and Political Turning Point for the World; C.Campbell The Effect of E-commerce on Transportation Demand; H.Stiller Automotive Pollution Control Technologies; C.Destefani & E.Siores PART II: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL STUDIES Towards Sustainable Transportation Policy in the United States: A Grassroots Perspective; C.Yee Transport in the European Union: Time to Decide; J.Whitelegg Transport Sustainability in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands; E.Tengström The Privatization of the Japan National Railways: The Myth of Neo-liberal Reform and Spatial Configurations of the Rail Network in Japan - A View from Critical Geography; I.Takeda & F.Mizuoka Developing Public Transport Systems in Indian Cities: Towards a Sustainable Future; S.Banerjee-Guha Transport and Land Use in Chinese Cities: International Comparisons; G.Hu Barriers to Sustainable Transport in Australia; B.Gleeson, C.Curtis & N.Low PART III: BEST PRACTICE IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Towards Sustainable Urban Transportation in the European Union; I.Elander & R.Lidskog Managing Transport Demand in European Countries; J.Whitelegg & N.Low Lessons from Asia on Sustainable Urban Transport; P.Barter, J.Kenworthy & F.Laube Bibliography Index