Transportation and the environment assessments and sustainability

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ionescu, Gabriela, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Waretown, NJ, USA : Apple Academic Press [2017]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630244106719
Table of Contents:
  • part Part I Roadways
  • chapter 1 Some Considerations on the Environmental Impact of Highway Traffic
  • chapter 2 Design of Local Roadway Infrastructure to Service Sustainable Energy Facilities
  • chapter 3 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Strategic Management of Highway Pavement Roughness
  • part Part II Urban Transportation
  • chapter 4 Infrastructure and Automobile Shifts: Positioning Transit to Reduce Life-Cycle Environmental Impacts for Urban Sustainability Goals
  • chapter 5 The Use of Regional Advance Mitigation Planning (RAMP) to Integrate Transportation Infrastructure Impacts with Sustainability: A Perspective from the USA
  • chapter 6 Quantifying the Total Cost of Infrastructure to Enable Environmentally Preferable Decisions: The Case of Urban Roadway Design
  • part Part III Aviation
  • chapter 7 Sustainable Development and Airport Surface Access: The Role of Technological Innovation and Behavioral Change
  • part Part IV Fossil Fuel Alternatives
  • chapter 8 Diesel Internal Combustion Engine Emissions Measurements for Methanol-Based and Ethanol-Based Biodiesel Blends
  • chapter 9 Electric Cars: Technical Characteristics and Environmental Impacts
  • chapter 10 Investigated Cold Press Oil Extraction from Non-Edible Oilseeds for Future Bio-Jet Fuels Production
  • part Part V Conclusion
  • chapter 11 An Innovative Path to Sustainable Transportation / Daniel Sperling
  • chapter Author Notes.