TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A DILEMMA IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

After an introductory chapter, this book is organized into three main parts. Part I contains Chapters 2 through 6. These five chapters present basic background information about the most important aspects of the transportation-energy-development interaction, including relevant statistics and figures regarding the three underlying binary relationships (transport and development, energy and development, and transport and energy). Part I begins with two chapters that present a historical perspective on the problem. The following three chapters each cover one of the three binary interactions. Part II then explores in more depth the relationship between transport and energy consumption (one of the three binary relationships covered in Part I). Part II focuses in particular on actual or potential ways to save energy in transportation. Part II has four chapters. Chapter 7 presents the physical fundamentals of vehicle propulsion energy requirements, to give the nontechnical reader a feeling for the mechanics that underlie transportation's need for energy. Chapter 8 presents an overview of the conventional techniques that exist for saving transport energy using existing technology. This includes a review of hardware changes (such as modal switching or retrofits) as well as software or operational changes (e.g., changes in speeds, traffic flow, vehicle utilizations, etc.). Chapter 9 also attempts to point out the relevant trade-offs, in physical terms, involved in these changes (e.g., reducing frequency of service to increase payload per trip). Chapters 9 and 10 present a review of promising areas of technological development that may present opportunities to save transport energy in the near- to mid-term future. Finally, Part III contains four chapters that focus on different aspects of the question of what to do. Chapter 11 presents a comprehensive overview of the range of transport sector responses to energy price increases, within the broad perspective of the overall economy. Chapter 12 presents a basic framework and some basic principles for evaluating specific transport energy-saving projects. Chapter 13 discusses some of the basic policy design issues involved in actually implementing or effecting transport energy savings. Chapter 14 presents a case study of recent transport and energy policy development in one developing country: Brazil. (Author)

  • Corporate Authors:

    Elsevier

    Radarweg 29
    Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
  • Authors:
    • Moevenzadeh, F
    • GELTNER, D
  • Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 537 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00393756
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Energy Research 5
  • Files: TRIS, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM