Moving Millions [electronic resource] :Transport Strategies for Sustainable Development in Megacities / edited by F. Moavenzadeh, M. J. Markow.
by Moavenzadeh, F [editor.]; Markow, M. J [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Alliance For Global Sustainability Bookseries Science And Technology: Tools For Sustainable Development: 14Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.Description: online resource.ISBN: 9781402067020.Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Climatic changes | Environmental management | Environmental protection | Endogenous growth (Economics) | Finance | Environment | Environmental Management | Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution | Climate Change | Economic Growth | Public Finance & EconomicsDDC classification: 333.7 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Sustainability -- Achieving Sustainable Development -- Transportation Policy and Environmental Sustainability -- Public-Private Partnerships to Deliver Sustainable Transportation Projects -- Transportation Policies: Examples and Lessons -- Guangzhou Case Study -- Conclusion.
This book demonstrates how transportation strategy and environmental sustainability can be pursued in a comprehensive and harmonious, rather than unconnected and potentially conflicting, set of public policies. It applies lessons from several urban areas (e.g., Bogota, Singapore, Mexico City, Sao Paulo), including “success stories” and less successful “hard-won lessons”, to a case study in Guangzhou. From these examples, a number of useful guidelines emerge on how the competition for resources between transportation policy and environmental sustainability can be resolved to support continued economic development in megacities. Among the themes identified in the book are the need for a comprehensive approach that is tailored to local institutional and cultural norms, the need to understand the tradeoffs among competing goals and resolve them in a balanced strategy, the importance of demand-side management as compared to traditional approaches of investment in new capacity, the usefulness of a range of options in public-private partnerships to strengthen the financial and institutional capabilities needed for sustainable transportation, and — regardless of the policy that is finally implemented — the critical role of government in providing leadership and the underlying institutional framework needed to ensure success.
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