Critical Mass: Transport, Environment and Society in the 21st CenturyPluto Press, 20 sept. 1997 - 251 pages Despite demanding enormous resources, transport policies are incapable of resolving basic problems of safety, health, welfare and congestion. This book, pointing out that car-dependency is shared throughout Europe, Asia and North America, argues that the problems can only be solved globally by a shared recognition of common needs. In addition, with transport inextricabley linked with consumerism and the lifestyles that car ownership has created, the book argues that the challenge is to replace the current technology with an alternative that is sustainable and will solve the fundamental problems of poverty, inequity and social development. |
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... energy compared with all other transport modes . The motor vehicle is only as reliable as its fuel source , and has been influenced in the past by fluctuations in oil prices and the disruption of world oil reserves . On a global scale ...
... energy compared with all other transport modes . The motor vehicle is only as reliable as its fuel source , and has been influenced in the past by fluctuations in oil prices and the disruption of world oil reserves . On a global scale ...
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... Energy consumption in the major industrialised countries has increased by 30 per cent over the past 20 years . One - third of energy consumption is accounted for by the transport sector . It is therefore argued that the developing world ...
... Energy consumption in the major industrialised countries has increased by 30 per cent over the past 20 years . One - third of energy consumption is accounted for by the transport sector . It is therefore argued that the developing world ...
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... Energy Intensity These terms refer to the total amount of energy or transport required to manufacture or deliver a given unit of a particular product . An example is given in the work of Böge ( 1995 ) who shows that one pot of yoghurt ...
... Energy Intensity These terms refer to the total amount of energy or transport required to manufacture or deliver a given unit of a particular product . An example is given in the work of Böge ( 1995 ) who shows that one pot of yoghurt ...
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What Time is This Place? | 5 |
Figures | 9 |
amount of time spent in transport | 38 |
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