Making Urban Transport Sustainable

SWAPNA BANERJEE-GUHA Professor of Human Geography, University of Mumbai, IndiaPAUL BARTER Lecturer, Geography Department, National University, SingaporeCAREY CURTIS Lecturer, Curtin University, AustraliaCARLOS DESTEFANI Research Engineer, Swinburne University of Technology, AustraliaINGEMAR ELANDER Associate Professor in Political Science, Örebro University, SwedenGANG HU Research Scholar, University of Melbourne, AustraliaJEFF KENWORTHY Associate Professor, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, AustraliaFELIX LAUBE Swiss Federal RailwaysROLF LIDSKOG Professor of Sociology, Örebro University, SwedenFUJIO MIZUOKA Professor of Economic Geography, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, JapanPETER NEWMAN Professor of City Policy, Murdoch University, AustraliaELIAS SIORES Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, AustraliaHARTMUT STILLER Former Senior Fellow, Department of Material Flows and Structural Change, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and EnergyIZUMI TAKEDA Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education, JapanEMIN TENGSTRÖM Research Professor of Transportation Studies, Aalborg University, DenmarkJOHN WHITELEGG Professor of Environmental Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, UKCAMERON YEE Policy Director, People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO)

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Internet Websites Is Urban Transport Sustainable?; N.Low PART I: GLOBAL ISSUES IN TRANSPORT SUSTAINABILITY Global Cities, Transport, Energy and the Future: Will Ecosocialization Reverse the Historic Trends?; P.Newman The Peak of Oil: An Economic and Political Turning Point for the World; C.Campbell The Effect of E-commerce on Transportation Demand; H.Stiller Automotive Pollution Control Technologies; C.Destefani & E.Siores PART II: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL STUDIES Towards Sustainable Transportation Policy in the United States: A Grassroots Perspective; C.Yee Transport in the European Union: Time to Decide; J.Whitelegg Transport Sustainability in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands; E.Tengström The Privatization of the Japan National Railways: The Myth of Neo-liberal Reform and Spatial Configurations of the Rail Network in Japan - A View from Critical Geography; I.Takeda & F.Mizuoka Developing Public Transport Systems in Indian Cities: Towards a Sustainable Future; S.Banerjee-Guha Transport and Land Use in Chinese Cities: International Comparisons; G.Hu Barriers to Sustainable Transport in Australia; B.Gleeson, C.Curtis & N.Low PART III: BEST PRACTICE IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Towards Sustainable Urban Transportation in the European Union; I.Elander & R.Lidskog Managing Transport Demand in European Countries; J.Whitelegg & N.Low Lessons from Asia on Sustainable Urban Transport; P.Barter, J.Kenworthy & F.Laube Bibliography Index