Introduction
This book brings together a number of the papers presented at a workshop hosted by Tongji University, Shanghai, on the implications of green urban transport in China under the auspices of the World Conference on Transport Research Society in September 2010. It is in five sections. Section 1 includes...
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Published in | Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities Vol. 3; pp. 3 - 15 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
16.01.2012
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This book brings together a number of the papers presented at a workshop hosted by Tongji University, Shanghai, on the implications of green urban transport in China under the auspices of the World Conference on Transport Research Society in September 2010. It is in five sections. Section 1 includes this introductory chapter, which summarises the content of the rest of the book, Chapter 2 is on trends in city size, and Chapter 3 provides an overview of Chinese transport policy. Section 2 considers approaches to policy formulation, drawing on experience in Europe and Asia. Section 3 focuses on passenger transport and traffic, while Section 4 covers freight and logistics. Section 5 draws together the principal conclusions of the 15 papers. |
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ISBN: | 9781781904756 1781904758 |
ISSN: | 2044-9941 |
DOI: | 10.1108/S2044-9941(2012)0000003003 |