Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil - Couverture rigide

Gilbert, Richard; Pearl, Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1844072487 ISBN 13 : 9781844072484

Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Gilbert Richard Perl Anthony

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil sets out the challenges to our growing dependence on transport fuelled by low-priced oil. These challenges include an early peak in world oil production and profound climate change resulting in part from oil use. It proposes responses to ensure effective, secure movement of people and goods in ways that make the best use of renewable sources of energy while minimizing environmental impacts. Transport Revolutions synthesizes engineering, economics, environment, organization, policy and technology, and draws extensively on current data to present important conclusions. The authors argue that land transport in the first half of the 21st century will feature at least two revolutions. One will involve the use of electric drives rather than internal combustion engines. Another will involve powering many of these drives directly from the electric grid - as trains and trolley buses are powered today - rather than from on-board fuel. They go on to discuss marine transport, whose future is less clear, and aviation, which could see the most dramatic breaks from current practice. With its expert analysis of the politics and business of transport, Transport Revolutions is essential reading for professionals and students in transport, energy, town planning and public policy.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard Gilbert is a Toronto-based consultant who focuses on transport and energy issues, with recent public- and private-sector clients in North America, Europe and Asia. Anthony Perl is a Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, where he directs the Urban Studies Program.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Earthscan Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844072487
• ISBN 13: 9781844072484
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376