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Sustainability in European Transport Policy by Matthew James Humphreys, 1969- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sustainability in European Transport Policy about?
The construction of the European Economic Communities in 1950 primarily set out to build an integrated economic zone in which national borders were, to a large extent, overcome. The ability of persons and goods to move freely within the economic zone was seminal in the realisation of economic integration. Underlying this, and therefore an implied necessity for European growth, an effective transport infrastructure was essential. However, with rising awareness of environmental issues, and a closer regard to sustainability of development, European transport systems and their regulation have come under scrutiny. This book sets out a critical analysis of the body of law and policy initiatives that constitute the EU's common transport policy. The development of the transport policy is charted through amending and founding Treaties as well as non-legislative documents. The book uses a model of sustainability as the basis for the analysis as the criteria for sustainable development were set out under Article Eleven of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. However, sustainable development, when taken in the context of transport is difficult to reconcile with unbridled econom
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Matthew James Humphreys, 1969-
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781136876202
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Economics, Business