**********************New Transportation Book from
Elsevier*************************
Handbook of Transport and the
Environment
Edited by
D.A. Hensher, Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Sydney,
Australia Email: [log in to unmask]
K.J. Button, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA Email:
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Year 2003 * Hardbound * ISBN: 0-08-044103-3 * 854 pages * Price: USD 160 for
orders placed after 31st December 2003 EUR 160 for orders placed after 31st
December 2003 * Pre-publication price: USD 128 for orders placed before 31st
December 2003
EUR 128 for orders placed before 31st December 2003 *
Description
As one of the most challenging issues facing the transport sector, the need
for this handbook devoted to the environmental impacts of transport is
clear. It gives full treatment to all aspects of the subject:
- environmental concepts, both physical and economic
- key environmental concerns: global warming, air quality, noise, safety,
amenity, and severance
- the role of fuel sources and new technology in reducing environmental
externalities
- the contribution of each transport sector to energy consumption and
emissions - appraisal, valuation, and impacts of externalities
- institutional and political settings and policies
- the role of environmental legislation
- special topics such as tourism, public attitudes, and gender
Each chapter was specially commissioned from an acknowledged world expert on
the topic. Each offers an overview and useful insights to those familiar
with the area as well as those new to it. Systematic and thorough in its
creation, current and acessible in its content, and authoritative and
international in its authorship, the Handbook of Transport and the
Environment will be the definitive reference work on this important subject.
Reviews
David Pearce, University College, London
"Two economic sectors continue to escape robust environmental policies:
agriculture and transport. Transport is the greater challenge. Hence there
is no greater need than a comprehensive survey of the links between all
transport modes and the environment. David Hensher and Ken Button have
succeeded where others have only partially succeeded. Highly recommended. "
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