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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... levels of intensity ; they know it is unworkable on a local and global scale . At a local scale pollution levels are rising and the health of the population , particularly children , is apt to decline . Local facilities and services ...
... levels of intensity ; they know it is unworkable on a local and global scale . At a local scale pollution levels are rising and the health of the population , particularly children , is apt to decline . Local facilities and services ...
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... level by 2025 and 3 ° C before the end of the next century . Measures need to be taken now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 , otherwise they could reach levels equivalent to twice those of the pre - industrial period . Global ...
... level by 2025 and 3 ° C before the end of the next century . Measures need to be taken now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 , otherwise they could reach levels equivalent to twice those of the pre - industrial period . Global ...
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... levels . As well as being required to exchange information on monitoring and technology , parties under the ... levels as a basis . The UNECE Convention and its protocols have also developed the notion of ' critical loads ' and ...
... levels . As well as being required to exchange information on monitoring and technology , parties under the ... levels as a basis . The UNECE Convention and its protocols have also developed the notion of ' critical loads ' and ...
Table des matières
Perranporth and China | 1 |
A Faustian Bargain | 17 |
Free to Choose and Free to Grow | 34 |
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