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 - efficient technical and alternative / renewable energy for human settlements and to reduce the negative impacts of energy production and use on human health and environment . Activities which need to be undertaken to provide a ...
... energy - efficient technical and alternative / renewable energy for human settlements and to reduce the negative impacts of energy production and use on human health and environment . Activities which need to be undertaken to provide a ...
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Perranporth and China | 1 |
A Faustian Bargain | 17 |
Free to Choose and Free to Grow | 34 |
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