Transport, Climate Change and the City
David Banister author Robin Hickman author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:9th Feb '15
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- Hardback£145.00(9780415660020)
Sustainable travel behaviours have long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities of Asia, South America and Africa. Progress however appears difficult to make as the private car, still largely fuelled by petrol or diesel, remains the mainstream mode of use. Transport is the key sector where carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are difficult to reduce.
This book seeks to develop achievable low CO2 emission futures for transport in a range of international case studies. The aim is that the scenarios as developed, and the consideration of implementation and transition issues, can help us plan for and achieve attractive future lifestyles at the city level, rather than ‘sleepwalk’ into climate change difficulties, oil scarcity, poor qualities of life, and to continue with the large casualty figures. High fuel prices in the future may mean that parts of our cities and wider regions become redundant and residents suffer from low levels of accessibility. The topic is thus critical, with transport viewed as central to the achievement of the sustainable city and reduced CO2 emissions.
The book’s original content and presentation draws on contemporary culture to demonstrate the need for a wider and more transparent debate on future travel behaviours and lifestyles, acceptability and implementability, and the potential for using different means to sell a different but attractive future.
A hugely authoritative book on a hugely important subject.–Peter Hall, University College London, UCL
While transport’s contribution to climate change is of global importance, it needs to be addressed at the city or metropolitan scale. Yet cities differ, precluding easy one-size-fits-all solutions. By taking a scenario approach to a wide variety of cities this highly readable book provides insights to what can be done and how in a comprehensive manner. It is a major contribution, of interest to academics and practitioners alike.–Eran Feitelson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Quirky, intriguing, confronting stories of how the world's cities are slipping further into car dependence – and some possible solutions.–Peter Newman, Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Australia
This fantastically illustrated book is a joy to read and adds to other books on sustainable transport in its case based focus on the instrumental role that transport can and should play in the sustainable city. The scenarios developed for London, Oxfordshire, Delhi, Jinan and Auckland illustrate that different futures, away from the car, are possible, and that a 0.5 tCO2 per capita target can be achieved in different contexts. A must for everyone looking for inspiration to design sustainable travel solutions!
–Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology and Scientific Director of TRAIL research school, the Netherlands
The metropolitan case studies presented by Hickman and Banister (2014) as part of their well-established work on transport and sustainability are basically framed by two approaches, a political one and a methodological one. From a political point of view the climate change mitigation debate
is the central reference. The authors show in an impressive and convincingway, what the target to limit the globalwarming to 2 °C by 2050 actually means for the organization of urban mobility in cities worldwide.
- Thomas Klinger, Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier
ISBN: 9780415660037
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 703g
400 pages