Transport and climate change / edited by Tim Ryley, Lee Chapman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Tim Ryley and Lee Chapman -- Managing the future : models, scenarios and the control of uncertainty / Murray Goulden and Robert Dingwall -- An international dimension : aviation / Lucy Budd and Tim Ryley -- An international dimension : shipping / Kevin Cullinane -- The impacts of climate change on national road and rail networks / Elizabeth Hooper and Lee Chapman -- The impacts of climate change on the national freight sector / David Jaroszewski -- The role of walking and cycling in reducing the impacts of climate change / Colin G. Pooley [and others] -- A policy perspective on transport and climate change issues / Greg Marsden, Ian Bache and Charlotte Kelly -- An economic perspective : the cost-effectiveness of carbon reduction measures in transport / Abigal L. Bristow and Alberto M. Zanni -- A behavioural perspective on the relationship between transport and climate change / Candice Howarth and Tim Ryley -- Transport and climate change policy in the United Kingdom : a social justice perspective / Karen Lucas and Kate Pangbourne -- The role of information in reducing the impacts of climate change for transportation applications / Owen Waygood, Erel Avineri and Glenn Lyons -- Thinking strategically : pathways towards low-carbon transport / Robin Hickman and David Banister -- Conclusions / Lee Chapman and Tim Ryley.

Print version record.

This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the 'Transport & Climate Change' session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on the relationship between transport and climate change.

English.

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