Vehicular Air Pollution and Urban Sustainability An Assessment from Central Oxford, UK /

• Main Author: Thornbush, Mary J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
• Subjects: Environment.; Energy.; Geography.; Environmental health.; Air pollution.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Environmental Health.; Geography, general.; Energy, general.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.

This Brief examines the impact of the Oxford Transport Strategy in central Oxford as a means of assessing the effect of reduced traffic congestion in the city centre on its sustainability. Air pollution (from vehicular traffic) has been monitored at three locations in central Oxford on the High Stre...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Oxford Transport Strategy (OTS) in Central Oxford
• 3. Reduced Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution.- 4. Implications for Urban Sustainability
• 5. Further Pollution Reduction.- 6. Energy Conservation
• 7. Implications
• 8. Conclusions.