Urban Sustainability: The Case of Transport

Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 420-448

  Perdan, Slobodan ^a   Azapagic, Adisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities, playing a central part in economic, social and cultural life generating major share of world's wealth and knowledge; Climate change and greenhouse gases; Consumption and symbolic role of cars; Environmental and social impacts of urban transport; Interconnections between car use and environmental and social impacts in cities; Road traffic, and high levels of benzene and poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in urban areas; Transport, affecting health both directly and indirectly; Urban sustainability case of transport; Urban transport, contributing to pressures increased car ownership and traffic volumes; Urban transport, dependence on car use unsustainable trends in urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983242536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470972847.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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