Description: Sustainable Transport for Chinese CitiesAuthor(s): Roger L. Mackett, Anthony D. May, Masanobu Kii, Haixiao Pan, Stephen Ison, Jon Shaw Format: Hardback Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing Limited ISBN-13: 9781781904756, 978-1781904756 Synopsis The volume is based on papers presented at a workshop on the green transport agenda and its implications for Chinese cities, organised by the World Conference on Transport Research Society in September 2010. The five sections of this volume review the challenges facing urban transport internationally and in China. It considers approaches to policy formulation, the challenge of urban mobility and the development of green sustainable transportation, by reviewing best practice in objective setting, strategy analysis and policy selection, and comparing these with current practice in China. The authors examine passenger transport, and considers a number of current policy interventions in China and compare these with western experience with demand management and new vehicle technologies. Topics include 5D land-use transport model for a high density, rapidly growing city and Contextual requirements for electric vehicles in developed and developing countries. Finally freight and logistics is addressed, including the role of freight villages and milk run strategies, and challenges and policy recommendations for road freight in Shanghai.
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Book Title: Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities
Number of Pages: 380 Pages
Publication Name: Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities
Language: English
Publisher: Emerald Publishing The Limited
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Sustainability
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 680 g
Author: Roger L. Mackett, Haixiao Pan, Anthony D. May, Masanobu Kii
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Transport and Sustainability
Format: Hardcover
