Sustainable Transportation: Indicators, Frameworks, and Performance Management - Couverture rigide

Gudmundsson, Henrik; Hall, Ralph P.; Marsden, Greg; Zietsman, Josias

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3662469235 ISBN 13 : 9783662469231

Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2015

Synopsis

Preface.- Part I.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Sustainable Development.- 3 Planning for Transportation.- 4 Transportation and Sustainability.- 5 Governance and Decision-Making in Transportation.- 6 Indicators.-7 Frameworks.- Preamble to Part II.- 8 European Union Transport White Paper.- 9 High Speed Rail in England.- 10 New York's GreenLITES Rating Systems.- 11 Japan's 'Eco-Model' City Program.- 12 Conclusions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Henrik Gudmundsson is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Transport at the Technical University of Denmark. He has a PhD in Business Economics from Copenhagen Business School. Henrik s main areas of research and teaching is sustainable transport policy, planning, and assessment. He has held leading positions in several national and European research projects and is the author of articles publishes in international scientific journals on transportation, environment, and planning.

Ralph Hall is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. He has a PhD in Technology, Management, and Policy from MIT. Ralph's research and teaching interests focus on applying the concept of sustainable development to infrastructure with a specific emphasis on transportation, water supply, and sanitation systems. He is the co-author of the textbook Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development: Transforming the Industrial State.

Greg Marsden is Professor of Transport Governance and Director of the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. His research interests relate to the why and how of policy making and in particular the interaction between different agents and agencies in the policy process. He works extensively on issues surrounding climate change, resilience and energy in the transport sector (and beyond).He is an Editor of the Journal of Transport Policy.

Josias Zietsman is Head of the Environment and Air Quality Division at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and serves on the Graduate Faculty of Texas A&M University. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research and teaching interests encompass transportation and the environment. He has led several high-profile projects inthe area of transportation and sustainability and is an active member in the research community.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3662469235
• ISBN 13: 9783662469231
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
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