Toward a Sustainable Future: Addressing the Long-Term Effects of Motor Vehicle Transportation on Climate and Ecology (National Research Council (U. S.) Transportation Research Board, Special Report)
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ISBN: 0309059690 / Publisher: National Academy Press, June 1997
A report on the role of transportation in long-term environmental risks and sustainable development,...
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A report on the role of transportation in long-term environmental risks and sustainable development, concentrating on transportation's contribution to those long-term environmental risks that have potentially large and permanent adverse consequences, and on the US transportation system, particularly the highway and motor vehicle component. Contains chapters on sustainability and transportation, trends in motor vehicle transportation, carbon dioxide buildup, cumulative ecological effects of vehicle emissions and infrastructure, and implications for research and policy making. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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