Transport Moving to Climate Intelligence New Chances for Controlling Climate Impacts of Transport after the Economic Crisis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rothengatter, Werner (Editor), Hayashi, Yoshitsugu (Editor), Schade, Wolfgang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy,
• Subjects: Climate change.; Economic policy.; Environmental economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Economic Policy.; Regional/Spatial Science.

Transportation contributes to roughly a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions, and as a growing sector of the economy, its contribution to climate change, if remained unchanged, could even grow. This is particularly true in the developing world, where the growth rates of air and ship transport are expec...