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The development of Asian cities is characterised by rapid and continuous urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, with rapid economic growth led in most places by the manufacturing industry, and rapidly increasing motorisation. The result has been escalating greenhouse gas emissions, sprawling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277069
This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and identifies emerging regional specialisations...
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increasing economic growth through reducing the environmental impact of urban land use, transport and buildings; through …
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. The paper then identifies how Australian urban transport systems are highly oil dependent and describes the social …
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. The paper then identifies how Australian urban transport systems are highly oil dependent and describes the social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148995
This article interrogates over 30 years of transport and economics research into the relationships between transport … and in most respects non-existent. Investing in new highways, airports and other large transport infrastructure projects …-coupling policies to improve competitiveness and quality of life through reducing the demand for transport, emissions and oil dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866011
The development of Asian cities is characterised by rapid and continuous urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, with rapid economic growth led in most places by the manufacturing industry, and rapidly increasing motorisation. The result has been escalating greenhouse gas emissions, sprawling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144582
This article interrogates over 30 years of transport and economics research into the relationships between transport … and in most respects non-existent. Investing in new highways, airports and other large transport infrastructure projects …-coupling policies to improve competitiveness and quality of life through reducing the demand for transport, emissions and oil dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854720
This article reviews the investment policy in transport infrastructures carried out in the last decade and the foreseen … actions in the Strategic Plan of Transport Infrastructure. It has been put forward, in the current situation, with higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854721
The peak oil represents the most important changing influence to which civilization faces. The transport division is … especially vulnerable because petroleum is almost (98%) the only energy that is used for the transport of the European Union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854724