Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World Paperback / softback
by Andreas (Chair in Energy and Transport, University College London) Schafer, John B. (Sun Jae Professor-Mech Eng, Director-Sloan Autolab, Massachusetts Institute of Tec Heywood, Henry D. (Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Jacoby, Ian A. (Department Head/Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Waitz
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A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel. In the nineteenth century, horse transportation consumed vast amounts of land for hay production, and the intense traffic and ankle-deep manure created miserable living conditions in urban centers.
The introduction of the horseless carriage solved many of these problems but has created others.
Today another revolution in transportation seems overdue.
Transportation consumes two-thirds of the world's petroleum and has become the largest contributor to global environmental change.
Most of this increase in scale can be attributed to the strong desire for personal mobility that comes with economic growth.
InTransportation in a Climate-Constrained World, the authors present the first integrated assessment of the factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger transportation.
They examine such topics as past and future travel demand; the influence of personal and business choices on passenger travel's climate impact; technologies and alternative fuels that may become available to mitigate GHG emissions from passenger transport; and policies that would promote a more sustainable transportation system. And most important, taking into account all of these options are taken together, they consider how to achieve a sustainable transportation system in the next thirty to fifty years.
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- Pages:356 pages, 30 figures, 17 tables; 47 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
- Publication Date:17/04/2009
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- ISBN:9780262512343
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
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- Pages:356 pages, 30 figures, 17 tables; 47 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
- Publication Date:17/04/2009
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- ISBN:9780262512343