Transport Beyond Oil : Policy Choices for a Multimodal Future /
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Formato: | eBook |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?; G.E. Carmichael
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Moving from Disaster to Opportunity: Transitioning the Transportation Sector from Oil Dependence; J.L. Renne, B. Fields
- Part 1: Petroleum Consumption Impacts and Trends. 1. The Role of Transportation in Climate Disruption; D. Gordon, D. Burwell- 2. Oil Vulnerability in the American City; N. Sipe, J. Dodson
- 3. Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum Consumption; T. Litman
- 4. How Does Induced Travel Affect Sustainable Transportation Policy?; R.B. Noland, C.S. Hanson
- 5. Bending the Curve: How Reshaping US Transportation Can Influence Carbon Demand; D. Lovaas, J.R. Potter
- Part 2: Transportation and Oil Dependence: A Modal Analysis. 6. Public Transportation as a Solution to Oil Dependence; B.W. Lane
- 7. Taking the Car Out of Carbon: Mass Transit and Emission Avoidance; P.K. Dutta
- 8. High-Speed Rail and Reducing Oil Dependence; P. Todorovich, E. Burgess
- 9. The Challenges and Benefits of Using Biodiesel in Freight Railways; S. McDonnell, J. Lin
- 10. Healthy, Oil-Free Transportation: The Role of Walking and Bicycling in Reducing Oil Dependence; K. Mills, JD
- 11. Building an Optimized Freight Transportation System; A.S. Drake
- Part 3: Moving Forward. 12. Imagining a Future Without Oil for Car-Dependent Cities and Regions; P. Newman
- 13. The Pent-Up Demand for Transit-Oriented Development and Its Role in Reducing Oil Dependence; J.L. Renne
- 14. Deteriorating or Improving?: Transport Sustainability Trends in Global Metropolitan Areas; J. Kenworthy
- 15. Policy Implications of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program: Redefining the Transportation Solution; B. Fields, T. Hull
- 16. From Potential to Practice: Building a National Policy Framework for Transportation Oil Reduction; B. Fields et al.
- About the Contributors
- Index.