The True Costs of Road Transport
Author: David Maddison
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781853832680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Cost of Air Pollution
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Publisher: Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789264210424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOutdoor air pollution kills more than 3 million people across the world every year, and causes health problems from asthma to heart disease for many more. This is costing societies very large amounts in terms of the value of lives lost and ill health. Based on extensive new epidemiological evidence since the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study, and OECD estimates of the Value of Statistical Life, this report provides evidence on the health impacts from air pollution and the related economic costs.
Social Costs and Sustainability
Author: Olav Hohmeyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 557
ISBN-13: 3642603653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImportant progress has been made in recent years in the valuation of social costs of energy and transport. This progress has encouraged the insight that systems of "Green Accounting" considering social costs and policy instruments for the internalization of social costs are necessary tools to realize the worldwide goal of sustainable development. This workshop report provides an excellent survey of the latest results of social costs in the energy and transport sector. Further, the theoretical framework of social costs is extended to a broader concept of sustainable development. Finally, concepts and first experiences of the internalization of social costs e.g. through least cost planning or an ecological tax reform are reviewed.
Journal of Transportation and Statistics
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeasuring the Marginal Social Cost of Transport
Author: Christopher Nash
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2005-10-20
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 0080456030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany transport economists have for some time proposed marginal social cost as the principle on which prices in the transport sector should be based and, in recent years, their prescription has come to be taken more and more seriously by policy-makers. However, in order to properly test the possible implications of implementing pricing based on marginal social cost and, ultimately, to introduce such a system, it is necessary to actually measure the marginal social costs concerned, and how they vary according to mode, time and context. This book reviews the transport pricing policy debate and reports on the significant advances made in measuring the marginal social costs of transport, particularly through UNITE and other European research projects. We look in turn at infrastructure, operating costs, user costs (both of congestion and of charges in frequency of scheduled transport services) accidents and environmental costs, and how these estimates have been used to examine the impact of marginal cost pricing in transport. We finish by examining how the results of case studies might be generalised to obtain estimates of marginal social costs for all circumstances and, finally, presenting our conclusions.
The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation
Author: David L. Greene
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 3642590640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModern transportation systems have far-reaching, and serious consequences: deaths and injuries from accidents, pollution of air, water and groundwater, noise congestion, and the greenhouse effect. As world transport systems expand and become increasingly motorised, the transportation community is searching for systems that are both efficient and sustainable. Here, leading international researchers explore the issues and concepts and define the state of knowledge concerning the full costs and benefits of transportation.
Social Costs and Sustainable Mobility
Author: Klaus Rennings
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 3642576699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFair and efficient pricing has become increasingly important in international environmental and transport policy. Thus the valuation and internalization of social costs is now a crucial element within strategies towards sustainable mobility. The book provides methods and results from major European and American studies evaluating both social costs of transport and first experiences with their internalization in different contexts: infrastructure planning, urban road pricing and highway tolling. Additionally, complementary non-monetary instruments for a transition towards sustainable mobility are presented and discussed.
Social Change and Sustainable Transport
Author: William Richard Black
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2002-11-29
Total Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780253340672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransportation research has traditionally been dominated by engineering and logistics research approaches. This book integrates social, economic, and behavioral sciences into the transportation field. As its title indicates, emphasis is on socioeconomic changes, which increasingly govern the development of the transportation sector. The papers presented here originated at a conference on Social Change and Sustainable Transport held at the University of California at Berkeley in March 1999, under the auspices of the European Science Foundation and the National Science Foundation. The contributors, who represent a range of disciplines, including geography and regional science, economics, political science, sociology, and psychology, come from twelve different countries. Their subjects cover the consequences of environmentally sustainable transportation vs. the "business-as-usual" status quo, the new phenomenon of "edge cities," automobile dependence as a social problem, the influence of leisure or discretionary travel and of company cars, the problems of freight transport, the future of railroads in Europe, the imposition of electronic road tolls, potential transport benefits of e-commerce, and the electric car.
Blueprint 5
Author: Olof Johansson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 113417117X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvidence has come to light regarding the impact of benzene emissions from road transport, the incidence of asthmatic attacks and the possible toll of particulate matter from diesel engines on human health. This book examines the issues and argues that, without a fundamental change in policy, it is inevitable that the transport sector will continue to impose increasing costs on the natural environment, human health and the economy. It also quantifies the external costs of road transport and suggests new measures, such as road pricing and financial incentives, to pave the way to a sustainable transport system.
The Liberalization of Transportation Services in the EU and Turkey
Author: Sübidey Togan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0198753403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines international and regional rules and regulations in road transportation, rail transportation, maritime transportation, and air transportation, within a regional context that concentrates on the case of Turkey.
