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This text discusses various transport sustainability issues from the perspective of developing countries, exploring key issues, problems, and potential solutions for improving transport sustainability in China. This book discusses various transport sustainability issues from the perspective of developing countries, exploring key issues, problems and potential solutions for improving transport sustainability in China. It first reviews the current transport sustainability baselines in the three key dimensions of environmental, economic and social sustainability, via an international comparison encompassing both developed and developing countries in different world regions. Then, with a time frame up to 2030, the study groups 100 major Chinese cities according to their baseline conditions, projected population and economic growth, and common sustainability challenges in passenger transport. A systematic attempt is made to discuss the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of various emerging sustainable transport strategies, including the metro systems, bus rapid transit, light rail, bicycles (and e-bicycles), electric vehicles and walking. Based on the different city clusters iden

Who reads Unsustainable Transport and Transition in China (Routledge Studies in Transport, Environment and Development)?

Author

Becky P. Y. Loo

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group ; Earthscan, from Routledge

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780367874162

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Business, Science