Urban Transportation and the Environment Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis /

• Main Author: Yedla, Sudhakar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Transportation.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Urbanism.

The book deals with urban transportation planning in light of environmental sustainability and social equity. It begins with a review of the Indian urban transportation system and the issues surrounding it, and discusses the alternatives and policy directions that are being considered. It examines a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Planning Transportation –The Basic Constructs
• Chapter 2. Urban Transportation Trends– An Overview
• Chapter 3. Transport Service Provision - Environmental and Other Implications
• Chapter 4. Alternative Measures and Their Assessment
• Chapter 5. Non-motorized Modes of Transport
• Chapter 6. Barrier for the Implementation of NMT and Other Cleaner Modes of Transport
• Chapter 7. Policy Analysis for Sustainability
• Chapter 8. Economic and Regulatory Measures for Environmentally Sustainable Urban Transportation
• Chapter 9. Choosing between Global Environmental Strategies Vis-à-vis Local Mitigation Strategies – Application of Multi-criteria Analysis.