SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT. IN: SOCIAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

The paper defines sustainable development as satisfying three basic conditions: its rates of use of renewable resources do not exceed their rates of regeneration; its rates of use of non-renewable resources do not exceed the rate at which sustainable renewable substitutes are developed; and its rates of pollution emissions do not exceed the assimilative capacity of the environment. Environmental impacts, resource consumption and institutional failures are examined while recognizing the threats that the continued growth of motorized transport poses to sustainability. The paper then focuses on the differences between the transport systems in North America and Europe and the perceptions of transport sustainability along with the policies applied to achieve it. The differences are explained by different geographical and institutional concepts.

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• Authors:
  • WEGENER, M
  • Greene, D L
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 35-41
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  • Publication of: Indiana University Press
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Geography; Policy analysis; Pollution; Renewable energy sources; Social change; Sustainable development
• Geographic Terms: Europe; North America
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

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• Accession Number: 00943900
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0253340675
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 2 2003 12:00AM