The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is the sole independent
European transport safety NGO offering research-based advice to EU
policymakers. In 2005, ETSC will publish the first issue of its Year
Books, a new series addressing contemporary problems in transport safety
policy. The ETSC Year Book offers a unique possibility for both young
and established researchers from all academic disciplines to contribute
with innovative ideas to EU transport safety policymaking. The Year
Books are located at the cross-road of science and politics and provide
a platform for presenting applied safety-related research from all modes
of transport. Submissions to the Year Book are refereed through an
Editorial Board.
The first Year Book, to be published in 2005, will place transport
safety in the context of sustainable development, with a particular
emphasis on environmental sustainability. Transport safety work, at all
political levels, frequently encounters environmental issues, either
finding possibilities for making the transport system both safer and
environmentally sounder, or confronting negative and potentially harmful
environmental side-effects of measures to make it safer. It is in
particular this potential conflict between safety and the environment -
as well as the various ways of trying to resolve it - that is of
interest for ETSC. An example from the road mode is the possibly
detrimental effect of environmentally sound light-weight vehicles on
impact-compatibility.
The overall intention with the 2005 Year Book is to facilitate an
integrated and systemic perspective on transport risks to life, limb,
health and the environment. The individual papers should identify
synergies between safe and sustainable transport measures in order to
help significantly reduce all transport risks alike. Although,
accident/injury prevention and environmental protection are discussed
predominantly in relation to road transport, ETSC welcomes papers
addressing these issues within the non-road modes and intermodally.
Moreover, contributions that address low-cost, short term measures to
protect human health and the natural environment in the new EU Members
States from transport impacts are of particular interest.
Submissions: by September 30, 2004; 3000-4000 words
Date of Publication: Spring 2005
Editorial Board: Prof. Murray Mackay, Prof. Richard Allsop, Dr. Joerg
Beckmann
For further Information please contact: Joerg Beckmann, ETSC Executive
Director,
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