Use of ecological footprinting to explore alternative transport policy scenarios in an Irish city-region

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 315-322

  Browne, David ^a   O'Regan, Bernadette ^b   Moles, Richard ^b  

^a Department of Transport ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological footprinting; Scenario analysis; Spatial planning; Sustainable travel; Sustainable urban development

Indexed keywords

PASSENGER CARS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

COMMUTING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

COUNTY LIMERICK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LIMERICK [COUNTY LIMERICK]; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44749083770     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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