Intercity transport and climate change [electronic resource] : strategies for reducing the carbon footprint / Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Shigeru Morichi, Tae Hoon Oum, Werner Rothengatter, editors.
Hayashi, Yoshitsugu, 1951 January 2- editor.; Morichi, Shigeru, 1943- editor.; Oum, Tae Hoon, editor.; Rothengatter, Werner, editor.
2015
HE147.65
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Title Intercity transport and climate change [electronic resource] : strategies for reducing the carbon footprint / Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Shigeru Morichi, Tae Hoon Oum, Werner Rothengatter, editors.
ISBN 9783319065236 electronic book
3319065238 electronic book
9783319065229
331906522X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06523-6
Published Cham : Springer, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-06523-6 doi
Call Number HE147.65
Dewey Decimal Classification 388.04
Summary While intercity passenger transport counts for about 2% of the total passenger transport volume the share of the total passenger kilometers traveled is estimated more than one third. In many countries the major part of intercity transport is performed by car and air and as a result, the contribution to the carbon footprint is substantially higher than the share of overall passenger transport performance. This creates a challenge to develop a sustainable organization of intercity transport which requires a true joint effort of policy makers, industry sectors and households. This presupposes that all options for reducing the carbon footprint of the transport modes ? car, air and rail ? are fully exploited through modern propulsion technology, use of regenerative energy and efficient organization of transport processes. Basic conditions for meeting this requirement are an incentive compatible public framework of regulation, taxation, charging and education, the private willingness to adjust to new behavioral patterns and a consequent push of technological progress towards energy and CO2 savings. This book begins with an international comparison of intercity transport and the current state of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of this transport segment. A focus is given to comparing the situation in the EU, the US and Japan while describing the more recent development of intercity transport in China, followed by an analysis of intercity transport policies and their contribution to meet the global climate change issues. This book will be of interest to researchers in transportation economics and policy, as well as civil engineering and planning.
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Added Author Hayashi, Yoshitsugu, 1951 January 2- editor.
Morichi, Shigeru, 1943- editor.
Oum, Tae Hoon, editor.
Rothengatter, Werner, editor.
Series Transportation research. economics and policy ; v. 15.
Available in Other Form Intercity transport and climate change
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Introduction.- Intercity Transport.- Passenger transport.- Carbon Footprint
Climate Change.- Transport policies.- Alternative energy.- Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
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