This handbook considers all aspects of the interaction between transport and the environment. The topics covered include: environmental concepts, both physical and economic; climate change; air quality; carbon dioxide emissions; noise; health; safety: amenity and severance; the role of fuel sources and new technology in reducing environmental externalities; the contribution of each transport sector (buses, urban public transport, aviation, water-borne transport and rail-bound transport) to energy consumption and emissions; environmental impact assessment for sustainable transport; appraisal, valuation, and impacts of externalities; case studies; institutional and political settings and policies; the role of environmental legislation; emissions trading; and special topics such as tourism, public attitudes, logistics, transport of hazardous goods, travel behaviour, demand management, and gender.
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