Showing 1 - 10 of 76,871
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423259
The paper challenges part of the sustainable transport literature. Sustainable transport plans often focus on reducing carbon emissions in a specific city, region or country, and this neglects two handicaps of strong unilateral action. The first is that climate is a global commons problem, so a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045754
Sustainable development is a core concept in regional development. Sustainability is characterized by supporting the building of resilient infrastructure and promoting the sustainable industry. In this context, sustainable transport is particularly important as it represents an opportunity for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500938
Sustainable city with sustainable transportation system in now become the heartiest demand for burgher, especially in a city like Dhaka; where ecological imbalance lead to unbearable livable condition with unsustainable growth in every sector resulting the degradation of life quality....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032077
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012385077
Modern cities are developing exponentially and thus ensuring mobility is one of the key challenges. The solution can be viewed as the determination of optimal vectors of strategic city development, including transport as a sub-system. One dominant theme in respective research discourse is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014511540
Transportation is a backbone of modern globalized societies. It also causes approximately one third of all EU and US greenhouse gas emissions, represents a major health hazard for global populations and poses significant economic costs (e.g., due to traffic congestion). However, rapid innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080876
Mobility in Brazil represents a crucial challenge for policy makers, given the economic, environmental and social problems that current patterns of transportation bear in densely populated urban areas. The research stems from the assumption that, since commuters play a key-role in driving the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033885
Sustainable transport is the integration of sustainable development in the transport sector. Transportation is the worst performers of the environment. It is true that respond to multiple logical, social, political, economic and technical, which is not conducive to their control. It is in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039082
The transition to a zero-emission car fleet is a pivotal element of Europe's decarbonisation strategy. Italy's participation in this trajectory is significant, given the size of its car fleet. Currently, only battery electric (BEVs) and hydrogen-powered are considered zero-emission vehicles. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578433