
Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World
MIT Press
Published on 1. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
978-0-262-51234-3 (ISBN)
Description
A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel.In the nineteenth century, horse transportation consumed vast amounts of land for hay production, and the intense traffic and ankle-deep manure created miserable living conditions in urban centers. The introduction of the horseless carriage solved many of these problems but has created others. Today another revolution in transportation seems overdue. Transportation consumes two-thirds of the world's petroleum and has become the largest contributor to global environmental change. Most of this increase in scale can be attributed to the strong desire for personal mobility that comes with economic growth. InTransportation in a Climate-Constrained World, the authors present the first integrated assessment of the factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger transportation. They examine such topics as past and future travel demand; the influence of personal and business choices on passenger travel's climate impact; technologies and alternative fuels that may become available to mitigate GHG emissions from passenger transport; and policies that would promote a more sustainable transportation system. And most important, taking into account all of these options are taken together, they consider how to achieve a sustainable transportation system in the next thirty to fifty years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
30 figures, 17 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-51234-3 (9780262512343)
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Andreas Schafer | John B. Heywood | Henry D. Jacoby
Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World
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04/2009
MIT Press
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Persons
John B. Heywood is Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Automotive Laboratory at MIT.
Ian A. Waitz is Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at MIT.
Ian A. Waitz is Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at MIT.
Author
Chair in Energy and TransportUniversity College London
Sun Jae Professor-Mech Eng, Director-Sloan AutolabMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of ManagementMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Department Head/ProfessorMassachusetts Institute of Technology