Becky Py Loo

Unsustainable Transport and Transition in China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses various transport sustainability issues from developing countries' perspective and explores key issues, problems and potential solutions for unsustainable transport. It will be of great interest to scholars interested in topics including Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, and Transportation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780367874162
• ISBN-10: 0367874164
• Artikelnr.: 58439598

Autorenporträt

Becky P.Y. Loo is Professor of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include transportation, e-technologies (defined as microelectronics, informatics and telecommunications) and society. In particular, she excels in spatial analysis, surveys, behavioural modelling, transport carbon emissions, regional infrastructure, transit-oriented development, walkable communities, and road safety.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Context 3. Benchmarking at the International Level
4. Looking into the Future and the Dynamics within the Nation 5. Cities and
the Formation of City Clusters 6. Overview of Unsustainable Transport
Challenges by City Cluster 7. Initial Strategies of Sustainable Transport
8. Incorporating the Local Context and Modified Sustainable Transport
Strategies 9. Ways Forward