Urban Sustainable Mobility
- ISBN/EAN
- 9788856837421
- Editore
- Franco Angeli
- Collana
- Economia e politica industriale
- Formato
- Brossura
- Anno
- 2012
- Pagine
- 196
Disponibile
25,50 €
The book deals with the aspects related to the main topic of urban sustainable mobility in the light of a steady growth of urban motorised traffic. The volume presents various methodological approaches adopted to assess the relation between the environment and sustainable travel behaviour in order to reduce efficiently environmental and economic problems and thus raise standards of living in our cities.
Maggiori Informazioni
| Autore | Venezia Elisabetta |
|---|---|
| Editore | Franco Angeli |
| Anno | 2012 |
| Tipologia | Libro |
| Collana | Economia e politica industriale |
| Lingua | Inglese |
| Indice | Elisabetta Venezia, Introduction I part - Travel behaviour Xinyu (Jason) Cao , Patricia L. Mokhtarian , Susan L. Handy, Examining the impacts of residential self-selection on travel behaviour: methodologies and empirical findings (Introduction; Causality requisities; Methodologies and findings; Direct questioning; Exactly what question(s) are we trying to answer, again?; Conclusions and recommendations; Acknowledgements; References) Elisabetta Venezia, Sustainability in cities: greater responsibility and efficiency (Introduction; Literature evidence; The investigation exercise; Empirical analysis; Lessons from Bari, suggested strategies and concluding thoughts; References) II part - Attraction factors Graziano Abrate , Massimiliano Piacenza , Giuseppe Sorrenti , Davide Vannoni, Public Policies for Sustainable Mobility: Recent Trends in Italy and Role of Integrated Tariff Systems (Introduction; The evolution of mobility demand; Towards new policies in favour of sustainable mobility; Integrated tariff systems; Conclusions; References) Eva Valeri , Amanda Stathopoulos , Edoardo Marcucci , Valerio Gatta, Local public transport: service quality and tendering contracts (Introduction; Quality in local public transport; Service quality and measurement; Empirical studies; Conclusion; References) III part - Intervention policy Angelo Santo Luongo, The impact of intervention policy on local public services: the transport service (Transport system structure in urban areas and environmental impacts; Guidelines for the definition of a sustainable transport system; An atomistic approach to transport system planning on urban scale; Final remarks; References) Authors. |
| Stato editoriale | In Commercio |
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