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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... benefits of private motorised transport . The car and the lorry are frequently described as bringers of freedom , progress , independence and economic growth . The advertising world supplies numerous images in support of this vision of ...
... benefits of private motorised transport . The car and the lorry are frequently described as bringers of freedom , progress , independence and economic growth . The advertising world supplies numerous images in support of this vision of ...
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... benefits . Whilst it is clear that noise , air pollution , road traffic accidents and health damage to the respiratory tracts of children are clear examples of external costs it is not clear what the external benefits of transport would ...
... benefits . Whilst it is clear that noise , air pollution , road traffic accidents and health damage to the respiratory tracts of children are clear examples of external costs it is not clear what the external benefits of transport would ...
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... benefits ' . This sweeping statement was based on a substantial economic analysis – both theoretical and practical – of external benefits in transport and has been supported by Maddison and his colleagues ( 1996 ) in The True Costs of ...
... benefits ' . This sweeping statement was based on a substantial economic analysis – both theoretical and practical – of external benefits in transport and has been supported by Maddison and his colleagues ( 1996 ) in The True Costs of ...
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Perranporth and China | 1 |
A Faustian Bargain | 17 |
Free to Choose and Free to Grow | 34 |
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