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1 online resource (156 pages) |
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Energy and Infrastructure Set |
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Energy and Infrastructure Set
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; PART I SUSTAINABLE CITIES: CHALLENGE AND POTENTIAL OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; 1 Urban Sustainability as a New Paradigm; 2 Energy-Environmental Policy as a Focal Point of Sustainable Cities; 3 Recent Developments in Local Energy and Environmental Planning; 4 Methods for Urban Energy-Environmental Impact Studies; 5 Energy Policy and Urban Sustainability; PART II ENERGY AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTIN EUROPE:A COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF TWELVE CITIES; 6 Amsterdam; 7 Besancon; 8 Braganca; 9 Cadiz |
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10 Dublin11 Esch/Alzette; 12 Gent; 13 Mannheim; 14 Newcastle; 15 Odense; 16 Thessaloniki; 17 Torino; PART III INTERPRETATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE CITIES PROJECT; 18 A Retrospective Interpretation of the Cities Results; 19 European Cities and Sustainability Policy; 20 Sustainable Cities:Retrospect and Prospect; REFERENCES |
| Summary |
Transport, in particular the motor vehicle, is a major source of environmental disruption and, in the developed world, accounts for thirty percent of energy consumption. In most countries, transport policy is a major government concern, yet it is rare for decisions to be made outside a narrow set of sectoral considerations. This book, commissioned by the OECD, looks at seven countries; the UK, the USA, West Germany, France, The Netherlands, Greece and Italy. Each case demonstrates, in different ways, the problems in transport policies produced by the failure is a consequence of depar |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Transportation and state -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
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Transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Transportation and state -- Environmental aspects
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Transportation -- Environmental aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barde, Jean-Philippe
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| ISBN |
9781134053018 |
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1134053010 |
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9781134052943 |
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1134052944 |
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