'This very interesting book explores the issues and approaches that
society must take to shift to lower carbon usage in transportation.
. . Each expert contributor provides excellent insight into the
various facets of contemporary mobility systems and transportation
practices to help the reader understand the complexities of
transportation and related environmental concerns. Topics include
urbanization and transportation in urban areas travel patterns,
accessibility to transportation, and financial aspects.' - W.J.
Sproule, Choice 'In their new book, Moving Towards Low Carbon
Mobility, Moshe Givoni and David Banister have succeeded in doing
what few edited volumes achieve. They have put together a set of
chapters by international experts on a range of topics that link
together tightly as a coherent whole.' - Michael Kuby, Journal of
Transport Geography 'For a thorough and thoughtful perspective on
what it will take to de-carbonize cities of the future, this book
is a must-read. Technology alone, we are told, will not create the
post-carbon city. As important is coming to grips with a complex
web of cultural, institutional, financial, and social factors that
powerfully shape mobility choices, now and in the future. A
balanced, holistic approach that reveals how the many elements of
contemporary transport systems work together offers the best hope
for achieving more sustainable, less carbon-intensive mobility
futures.' - Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US
The transport sector has been singularly unsuccessful in becoming
low carbon and less resource intensive. This book takes an
innovative and holistic social, cultural and behavioural
perspective, as well as covering the more conventional economic and
technological dimensions, to provide a more complete understanding
of the mobility and transport system and its progress towards high
carbon mobility. The book uses this platform to explore the means
to achieve low carbon mobility through outlining alternative
pathways, through an investigation of theories of change, and
through alternative visions of the low carbon transport city. The
book's core message is that the complexity of the mobility and
transport system should not encourage inaction, but strong and
immediate action. In addition to implementing a wide range of
policy measures, the book argues for a fundamental change in
'thinking' when it comes to transport policy, governance and
analysis approaches, before low carbon mobility becomes a reality.
Bringing together the latest thinking on transport, mobility and
the environment, this book will appeal to researchers and students
interested in sustainability issues and sustainable transport and
transport related areas in particular, including policy makers as
well as a more general professional audience. Contributors include:
N. Akyelken, M. Al-Chalabi, D. Banister, E. Beyazit, J. Bishop, M.
Givoni, R. Hickman, J. Liu, J. Macmillen, J. Markovitch, A. Neves,
T. Schwanen, M. Tran
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