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Transportation and the environment : assessments and sustainability
Title:
Transportation and the environment : assessments and sustainability
Author:
Ionescu, Gabriela, editor.
ISBN:
9781315365886

9781315322698

9781771884679
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 297 pages)
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 / chapter Author Notes.
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