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Making Urban Transport Sustainable

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Nicholas Low

    1. Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Brendan Gleeson

    1. Urban Frontiers Program, University of Western Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Is Urban Transport Sustainable?

    1. Is Urban Transport Sustainable?

      • Nicholas Low
      Pages 1-22

  3. Global Issues in Transport Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Global Cities, Transport, Energy and the Future: Will Ecosocialization Reverse the Historic Trends?

      • Peter Newman
      Pages 25-41

    3. The Peak of Oil: an Economic and Political Turning Point for the World

      • C. J. Campbell
      Pages 42-66

    4. The Effect of e-Commerce on Transportation Demand

      • Hartmut Stiller
      Pages 67-83

    5. Automotive Pollution Control Technologies

      • Carlos Destefani, Elias Siores
      Pages 84-100

  4. Regional and National Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Towards Sustainable Transportation Policy in the United States: A Grassroots Perspective

      • Cameron Yee
      Pages 103-114

    3. Transport in the European Union: Time to Decide

      • John Whitelegg
      Pages 115-131

    4. Transport Sustainability in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands

      • Emin Tengström
      Pages 132-148

    5. The Privatization of the Japan National Railways: the Myth of Neo-Liberal Reform and Spatial Configurations of the Rail Network in Japan — a View from Critical Geography

      • Izumi Takeda, Fujio Mizuoka
      Pages 149-164

    6. Developing Public Transport in Indian Cities: Towards a Sustainable Future

      • Swapna Banerjee-Guha
      Pages 165-183

    7. Transport and Land Use in Chinese Cities: International Comparisons

      • Gang Hu
      Pages 184-200

    8. Barriers to Sustainable Transport in Australia

      • Brendan Gleeson, Carey Curtis, Nicholas Low
      Pages 201-220

  5. Best Practice in Sustainable Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Towards Sustainable Urban Transportation in the European Union?

      • Rolf Lidskog, Ingeinar Elander, Pia Brundin
      Pages 223-239

    3. Managing Transport Demand in European Countries

      • John Whitelegg, Nicholas Low
      Pages 240-251

    4. Lessons from Asia on Sustainable Urban Transport

      • Paul Barter, Jeff Kenworthy, Felix Laube
      Pages 252-270

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 271-299
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Making Urban Transport Sustainable addresses the future of urban transport as a global issue. Money is being poured into roads, railways and airports at a time when the global atmosphere is threatened and oil production has reached its peak. If the world's environment and societies are to be sustained, urban transport has to change. Contributions by experts from the developed and developing world discuss the severity of the problem and suggest potential solutions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia

    Nicholas Low

  • Urban Frontiers Program, University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Brendan Gleeson

About the editors

SWAPNA BANERJEE-GUHA Professor of Human Geography, University of Mumbai, India PAUL BARTER Lecturer, Geography Department, National University, Singapore CAREY CURTIS Lecturer, Curtin University, Australia CARLOS DESTEFANI Research Engineer, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia INGEMAR ELANDER Associate Professor in Political Science, Örebro University, Sweden GANG HU Research Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia JEFF KENWORTHY Associate Professor, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Australia FELIX LAUBE Swiss Federal Railways ROLF LIDSKOG Professor of Sociology, Örebro University, Sweden FUJIO MIZUOKA Professor of Economic Geography, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan PETER NEWMAN Professor of City Policy, Murdoch University, Australia ELIAS SIORES Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia HARTMUT STILLER Former Senior Fellow, Department of Material Flows and Structural Change, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy IZUMI TAKEDA Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan EMIN TENGSTRÖM Research Professor of Transportation Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark JOHN WHITELEGG Professor of Environmental Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, UK CAMERON YEE Policy Director, People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO)

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