THE TRAVEL, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT TRADE-OFF - CONFLICT OR CONSONANCE?

The proposition that there needs to be some trade-off in the pursuit of objectives of travel, safety and (protection of) the environment is essentially a conventional transport perspective. This paper argues that a public health perspective will help us to find more synergy than competition and that strategies are available to address a multiplicity of objectives such as those we are faced with here. The goals of public health, as now defined by the World Health Organisation, are not to be consistent with world-wide ambitions for sustainable economic development. In this context, the concept of (ecologically) sustainable development (ESD) is advanced as a framework for achieving transport goals, including objectives of accessibility, personal safety, and environmental safety, without but little resort to compromise. (a) For the covering abstract of this conference see IRRD abstract no. 861222.

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• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • CAMKIN, H
• Conference:
  • 17TH ARRB CONFERENCE, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND, 15-19 AUGUST 1994; PROCEEDINGS; VOLUME 17, PART 1
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 143-59
• Serial:
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Conferences; Development; Environment; Health; Management; Mobility; Residential areas; Safety; Traffic
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 9013: Development; 2455: Environment; 2144: Health; 9105: Mobility (pers); 307: Residential area; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715723
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1996 12:00AM