Environmental Impacts due to Urban Transport

Private cars, trucks and buses are the main contributors to air pollution in urban areas. This chapter presents the problems of environmental pollution caused by urban transport, including air and noise pollution in the local environment, together with global warming.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Support was provided by World Conference on Transport Research Society and Institute for Transport Policy Studies.
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

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  New York, NY  United States  10011-1710
• Authors:
  • Sperling, Daniel
  • Hanaoka, Shinya
  • Okada, Akira
  • Okazaki, Makiti
  • Shade, Wolfgang
  • Yagishita, Masaharu
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: First
• Features: Figures; Illustrations; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 99-189
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport and the Environment. An International Perspective

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Automobiles; Buses; Environmental control; Environmental impacts; Global warming; Noise; Traffic congestion; Trucks; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Urban transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01002539
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080445128
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 25 2005 9:42AM