Moving People :Sustainable Transport Development ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Sustainable Transport Development

Publication series :1

Author: Cox   Peter  

Publisher: Zed Books‎

Publication year: 2010

E-ISBN: 9781848134546

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781848130036

Subject: D5 World Politics;X-0 Environmental Science Theory

Keyword: 世界政治,环境科学理论

Language: ENG

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Description

Presents an introduction to sustainable transport development in practice via a series of case studies. This book offers a practical way into the complexities of post-development theory. It is suitable for those in the area of environmental sustainability and transport policy.

Chapter

table 1.1 | Strengths and weaknesses of different modes of transport

table 3.1 | Health effects of vehicular combustion products

table 3.2 | Euro diesel emissions standards for vehicles of more than 1305 kg

table 3.3 | Euro diesel emissions standards for buses and lorries

table 3.4 | Lifecycle effects of oil recovery and use by stage

table 3.5 | Relative greenhouse gas emissions of selected transport

table 3.6 | Average distance per trip in UK

table 5.1 | Transport modal share in Bogotá, 1998–2007

table 6.1 | Vehicle numbers in Delhi

table 8.1 | Relative perfomance of various NMT and IMT modes

box 1.1 | Walking, transit and automobile cities

box 2.1 | Sustainable development in practice

box 2.2 | A green approach to sustainable urban transport

box 2.3 | What is ecomobility?

box 3.1 | Comparative CO2 emissions

box 5.1 | Four types of city and their transport systems

box 5.2 | What is BRT?

box 6.1 | Travel patterns in an informal settlement in Delhi

box 6.2 | People’s Charter on Clean Air

box 6.3 | Transport for whom?

box 6.4 | A master plan for Delhi

box 6.5 | GEF/World Bank/UNDP Transport Project India 2008–2012

box 7.1 | Bicycles: reducing travel costs, increasing mobility

box 8.1 | The Jinja Declaration

box 8.2 | The Bicycling Empowerment Network

box 8.3 | Declaration of African ministers on transport and the Millennium Development Goals

box 8.4 | Vélo Mondial Cape Town Declaration

box 8.5 | Report of the International Non-Motorized Transport and Intermediate Means of Transport Conference, 2007

box 9.1 | Recommendations to safeguard the contribution of rickshaws to sustainable transport in Delhi

box 9.2 | On your bike, Mr President, Uganda’s health demands it

box 10.1 | Cities on the move

1 | Movement and mobility

Transport and mobility

Physical mobility: motorised and non-motorised

Public and private, individual and collective, fixed and flexible

table 1.1 | Strengths and weaknesses of different modes of transport

Land use and access

box 1.1 | Walking, transit and automobile cities

2 | Sustainable development and ecomobility

Transport and development

box 2.1 | Sustainable development in practice

Rethinking technology and development: Illich and Schumacher

Sustainable transport development

box 2.2 | A green approach to sustainable urban transport

box 2.3 | What is ecomobility?

3 | The problem of car-dominance

Health impacts of motor vehicles

table 3.1 | Health effects of vehicular combustion products

table 3.2 | Euro diesel emissions standards for vehicles of more than 1305 kg

table 3.3 | Euro diesel emissions standards for buses and lorries

table 3.4 | Lifecycle effects of oil recovery and use by stage

Global issues

box 3.1 | Comparative CO2 emissions

table 3.5 | Relative greenhouse gas emissions of selected transport

table 3.6 | Average distance per trip in UK

4 | Automobility and its alternatives

Love of the automobile

Automobility

Global prospects for technology change: the eco-car?

Alternative fuels

Overall prospects for ‘green’ car mobility

Strategies for change

Conclusion

5 | The city as a system: transport as network

Local detail matters

Planning for sustainable cities

box 5.1 | Four types of city and their transport systems

Bogotá: background

Buses: public transport and the private sector

box 5.2 | What is BRT?

The TransMilenio

Curbing car traffic

Ciclorutas

Impacts

table 5.1 | Transport modal share in Bogotá, 1998–2007

Lessons from Bogotá

6 | Mobility in the megacity: Delhi

Sustainable cities

Delhi background

table 6.1 | Vehicle numbers in Delhi

box 6.1 | Travel patterns in an informal settlement in Delhi

Grassroots campaigning on transport issues

box 6.2 | People’s Charter on Clean Air

Official transport planning: Delhi Metro

box 6.3 | Transport for whom?

Delhi buses: high-capacity transport or BRT?

box 6.4 | A master plan for Delhi

Understanding the problems: drawing conclusions

box 6.5 | GEF/World Bank/UNDP Transport Project India 2008–2012

7 | Non-motorised transport: walking and cycling

Walking

Bicycles and urban transport

box 7.1 | Bicycles: reducing travel costs, increasing mobility

Bicycles as public transport

Bicycle technologies

8 | Bicycle and NMT programmes in action

table 8.1 | Relative perfomance of various NMT and IMT modes

FABIO: ‘moving slowly but reaching far’

box 8.1 | The Jinja Declaration

South Africa: mobility and the legacy of apartheid

A new role for transport

Low-cost mobility solutions

box 8.2 | The Bicycling Empowerment Network

Working in partnership

box 8.3 | Declaration of African ministers on transport and the Millennium Development Goals

Reshaping the institutional context for cycle use

box 8.4 | Vélo Mondial Cape Town Declaration

box 8.5 | Report of the International Non-Motorized Transport and Intermediate Means of Transport Conference, 2007

Conclusion

9 | Bicycles and rickshaws in South Asia

Origins and spread

Clampdown and restriction

Rickshaws in Delhi

box 9.1 | Recommendations to safeguard the contribution of rickshaws to sustainable transport in Delhi

Bicycle and motorcycle taxis

box 9.2 | On your bike, Mr President, Uganda’s health demands it

Cycle taxis in summary

Powered two-wheelers and autorickshaws

Future bicycle technologies

10 | Institutional changes

The World Bank

box 10.1 | Cities on the move

Global Environmental Facility

Millennium Development Goals

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

GTZ-SUTP

Dar es Salaam: complex intervention in action

Jakarta: BRT and rickshaws

Reflections

Conclusion

Pointers to a more sustainable transport future

Problems of urban public transport

Good practice is contagious

References

Index

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