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Handbook of Sustainable Travel (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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Handbook of Sustainable Travel (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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This volume gathers distinguished researchers on travel behavior
from a variety of disciplines, to offer state-of-the-art research
and analysis encompassing environmental, traffic and transport
psychology; transport planning and engineering; transport
geography; transport economics; consumer services research;
environmental sociology and well-being research. The underlying
dilemma is that neither contemporary transportation technology nor
contemporary travel behaviors are sustainable. The path toward
sustainability is complex, because the consequences of changing
technology and attempts to change travel preferences can be extreme
both in economic and in social terms. The Handbook of Sustainable
Travel discusses transportation systems from environmental, social
and economic perspectives, to provide insights into the underlying
mechanisms, and to envisage potential strategies towards more
sustainable travel. Part I offers an introduction to the subject,
with chapters review historical and future trends in travel, the
role of travel for a good society, and the satisfaction of
travelers with various features of travel options. Part II proceeds
from the fact that the car is the backbone of today's
transportation system, and that a break with automobiles is likely
to be necessary in the future. Contributors review the development
of private car use, explore economic and psychological reasons why
the car has become the primary mode of transport and discuss how
this can be changed in the future. Part III addresses the social
sustainability of travel, providing insights into the social costs
and benefits of leisure, business and health travel, and taking
into account the social costs or benefits of measures whose goals
are primarily environmental. The authors provide the necessary
background to judge whether proposed transport policies are also
sustainable from a social perspective. Part IV highlights future
alternatives to physical travel and surveys ecologically
sustainable travel modes such as public transport and non-motorized
modes of transportation.
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