Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Transport
Title | Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Transport PDF eBook |
Author | Carey Curtis |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2016-06-03 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1317115872 |
In a world seeking to tackle global environmental problems such as climate change, the importance of local and national institutional change to deal most effectively with these issues is critical. This book presents an investigation of the institutional barriers preventing the development of a new vision for urban transport compatible with these realities and in those terms 'sustainable'. Through an examination of transport planning in Australia, the book challenges conventional wisdom by showing, through original research, how 'car dependence' is as much an institutional as a technical phenomenon. The authors' case studies in three metropolitan cities show how transport policy has become institutionally fixated on a path dominated by private, road-based transport and how policy systems become encrusted around investment to accommodate private cars, erecting an impenetrable barrier against more sustainable mobility and accessibility solutions. Representing a new approach to understanding transport policy, this book brings sophisticated political-institutional analysis to what has traditionally been the domain of engineering and technology. The authors connect the empirical content to this theory and the issue of sustainability making the findings applicable to most cities of the developed world, and to fields beyond transport planning. A strategy and program of action is outlined to take advantage of changing public perceptions and aimed at creating a new vision for urban transport.
Barriers to Sustainable Transport
Title | Barriers to Sustainable Transport PDF eBook |
Author | Piet Rietveld |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2005-02-25 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1134348991 |
The complexity of transportation systems and their negative social and environmental effects are today at the centre of attention. This book focuses on the impact of institutions and regulatory systems on transport systems and travel behaviour. While institutions appear to play an important role in the economic success of many countries, this book considers the extent to which they also support sustainable development.
Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan
Title | Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | Muhammad Imran |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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This book examines why urban transport in Pakistan is managed only by improving existing roads and building modern road networks, while totally neglecting non-motorized and public transport for the heavily populated and dense Pakistani cities.
Achieving Sustainable Mobility
Title | Achieving Sustainable Mobility PDF eBook |
Author | Erling Holden |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2016-03-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317185854 |
Sustainable mobility has become the new imperative for transport policy. There have been a number of policy attempts at sustainable mobility globally, such as the development of more efficient conventional transport technologies, the promotion of efficient and affordable public transport systems and the encouragement of environmental awareness. Such policies have so often been presented as prerequisites for sustainable mobility that they are now taken for granted. But are any of these policies really successful? To what extent do they actually contribute (or fail to contribute) to sustainable mobility? Why do some policies succeed and others fail? Using an interdisciplinary approach which brings together various theories and methodologies, this book tests each of these policies - or hypotheses, as the author sees them - with detailed empirical investigations. It also argues that leisure-time travel should be included in any sustainable mobility policies, as it now accounts for 50 per cent of all annual travel distance in developed countries. The book concludes by suggesting fourteen theses of sustainable mobility for the EU and a new model for future best practice.
Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways
Title | Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver Lah |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2018-12-03 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0128148985 |
Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways examines how sustainable urban mobility solutions contribute to achieving worldwide sustainable development and global climate change targets, while also identifying barriers to implementation and strategies to overcome them. Building on city-to-city cooperation experiences in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the book examines key challenges in the context of the Paris Agreement, UN Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, including policies needed to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon pathway for transport and how an integrated policy strategy is designed to provide a basis for political coalitions. The book explores which institutional framework creates sufficient political stability and continuity to foster the take-up of and long-term support for sustainable transport strategies. The linkages of climate change and wider sustainable development objectives are covered, including success stories, best practices, and quantitative analysis for key emerging economies in public transport, walking, cycling, freight and logistics, vehicle technology and fuels, urban planning and integration, and national framework policies. - Provides a holistic view of sustainable urban transport, focusing on policy-making processes, the role of institutions and successes and pitfalls - Delivers practical insights drawn from the experiences of actual city-to-city cooperation and on-the-ground policy work - Explores options for the integration of policy objectives and institutional structures that form coalitions for the implementation of sustainable urban mobility solutions - Describes the policy, institutional, political, and socio-economic aspects in cities in five emerging economies: Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and Turkey
Transition towards Sustainable Mobility
Title | Transition towards Sustainable Mobility PDF eBook |
Author | Yoram Shiftan |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 431 |
Release | 2012-11-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1409490416 |
Reflecting the dynamic relationships between socio-technical behaviour and change, this book presents leading research on the transition process needed to achieve more sustainable transport systems. Focusing on making transition happen, this volume looks at various aspects and factors that are involved in the transition process and their implications for transport policy-making. The concept of Transition Management and how it can be applied to the transport sector is considered in detail, and forms the focus of the first part of the volume. The rest of the book is organised according to the three themes of transport energy use and emissions, the role of information in policy-making, and the evaluation of transport policy. This volume brings together scholars involved in research from various disciplines and countries to discuss the relationships between policy instruments, individual behaviour, institutional practices and the transition towards more sustainable transport systems.
Institutional Barriers to Sustainability
Title | Institutional Barriers to Sustainability PDF eBook |
Author | John Allan Curry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 764 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Organizational change |
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