Moving People: Sustainable Transport Development - Softcover

Cox, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848130031 ISBN 13: 9781848130036

Publisher: Zed Books, 2012

Synopsis

The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. This book provides an attention-grabbing introduction to sustainable transport development in practice via a series of case studies. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport raises questions about the whole nature of development as a process. Advocating low impact technologies and sustainable transport makes a practical contribution to post-development discourses. This book offers a practical way into the complexities of post-development theory.

Taking case studies from across the globe, both North and South, demonstrates that achieving equity and sustainability will require profound transformation in the industrialized nations as much as in developing economies. This is a book of interest to anyone studying or working in the area of environmental sustainability and transport policy.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Cox is senior lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Science at the University of Chester.

Review:

'Peter Cox gives us a wonderful overview of developments these last decades in the field of mobility.' Pascal J.W. van den Noort, Velo Mondial 'This book should be read by all interested in transport - especially politicians, local authority councillors, town planners and transportation engineers.' Louis De Waal, Bicycling Empowerment Network

About this edition

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848130031
• ISBN 13: 9781848130036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270