UID:
almafu_9959234196402883
Format:
1 online resource (487 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-05016-4
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9786611050160
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0-08-048144-2
Content:
Features a behavioral science perspective on the threats to quality of urban life from car use and policy measures to reduce car use. This work provides a consolidated reference in car ownership and use. It is a key topical area backed up by international policy such as: The Kyoto Protocol.
Note:
Selected conference papers.
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Prelims -- Introduction -- Threats to the quality of urban life from car traffic -- Environmental effects of urban traffic -- The impact of automobile traffic on quality of life -- Adverse effects of traffic noise -- Wayfinding in urban environments -- Congruence and conflict between car transportation and psychological restoration -- Assessment of external costs: how and why? -- Determinants of private car use -- The use of the car-mobility dependencies of urban everyday life -- Concepts of travel behaviour research -- Determinants of car dependence -- Instrumental motives for private car use -- Affective and symbolic aspects of car use -- Role and acquisition of car-use habit -- Ecological norm orientation and private car use -- Policy measures aimed at reducing private car use -- A classification of travel demand management measures -- Sustainable urban form: transport infrastructure and transport policies -- Effectiveness, public acceptance, and political feasibility of coercive measures for reducing car traffic -- The economic theory of transport pricing -- Behavioural responses to transport pricing: a theoretical analysis -- Social marketing of alternative transportation modes -- Intelligent transport systems for vehicle drivers -- Effectiveness of transport policies in reducing car travel -- Societal management of sustainable transportation: international policy review, commons dilemmas and solution strategies -- Author index -- Subject index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-044853-4
Language:
English
