Retiring Old Cars: Programs to Save Gasoline and Reduce Emissions
Title | Retiring Old Cars: Programs to Save Gasoline and Reduce Emissions PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1422349551 |
Retiring Old Cars
Title | Retiring Old Cars PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Automobiles |
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Reducing Emissions from Old Cars
Title | Reducing Emissions from Old Cars PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Alberini |
Publisher | |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Automobile graveyards |
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Retiring Old Cars
Title | Retiring Old Cars PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1992-09-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781568060491 |
Assesses the impact of removing many high-emission older vehicles (1971 and earlier) from U.S. roads by encouraging owners to voluntarily scrap their cars in exchange for cash payment as a feasible strategy for reducing urban air pollution, improving overall fuel economy and stimulating the sale of new cars.
Tuning Down Auto Air Pollution
Title | Tuning Down Auto Air Pollution PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Public Awareness |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Automobiles |
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Air Pollution, the Automobile, and Public Health
Title | Air Pollution, the Automobile, and Public Health PDF eBook |
Author | Sponsored by The Health Effects Institute |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 703 |
Release | 1988-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309037263 |
"The combination of scientific and institutional integrity represented by this book is unusual. It should be a model for future endeavors to help quantify environmental risk as a basis for good decisionmaking." â€"William D. Ruckelshaus, from the foreword. This volume, prepared under the auspices of the Health Effects Institute, an independent research organization created and funded jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency and the automobile industry, brings together experts on atmospheric exposure and on the biological effects of toxic substances to examine what is knownâ€"and not knownâ€"about the human health risks of automotive emissions.
Green Economy in the Transport Sector
Title | Green Economy in the Transport Sector PDF eBook |
Author | John Ogony Odiyo |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2021-12-08 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3030861783 |
This open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.