Format:
Book
Title:
Sustainability and environmental concerns in transportation 2001.
Publisher, Date:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001.
Description:
v, 99 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 28 cm
Series:
Transportation research record ; 1756.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Transportation -- Social aspects.
Environmental justice.
Transportation noise.
Transportation -- Environmental aspects.
Environmental impact analysis.
Other Author:
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Meeting (80th : 2001 : Washington, D.C.)
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Ports, and Channels.
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Social and Economic Factors of Transportation.
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Environmental Analysis in Transportation.
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration.
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Task Force on Transportation and Sustainability.
Notes:
"Planning and administration; Energy and environment"
"A peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board."
"Transportation Research Board, National Research Council."
Papers presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2001.
Papers sponsored by Committee on Ports, and Channels, Committee on Social and Economic Factors of Transportation, Committee on Environmental Analysis in Transportation, Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration, and Task Force on Transportation and Sustainability.
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstracts available, with full papers for purchase, at trb.metapress.com.
Contents:
Part 1, Sustainability: Strategic sustainability analysis : broadening existing assessment approaches for transport policies / Wolfgang Schade, Werner Rothengatter.
Part 2, Human environment: Data and analysis methods for metropolitan-level environmental justice assessment / Charles L. Purvis -- Cars, buses, and jobs : welfare participants and employment access in Los Angeles / Evelyn Blumenberg, Paul Ong -- Evaluating transportation choice / Todd Littman.
Part 3, Noise: Comparison of light rail and bus transit noise impact estimates per federal and industry criteria / Michael A. Staiano -- Analysis of railroad horn detectability / Amanda S. Rapoza, Thomas G. Raslear -- Selection of noise barrier material / Susan M. Morgan, Dianne H. Kay -- Tollbooth operators' response to traffic noise and the performance of an active noise control headset : survey results / Jeffrey P. Feist, Luc Mongeau, Robert J. Bernhard.
Part 4, Environmental analysis: Secondary and cumulative effects of replacing the Woodrow Wilson Bridge : process and conclusions / Stephen L. Piano [and four others] -- Use of digital multispectral videography to capture environmental data sets for Virginia Department of Transportation / G. Michael Fitch, John E. Anderson -- Estimating environmental costs in port development : case study of economic costs to fisheries of marine disposal of clean dredge sediments / Thomas A. Grigalunas [and three others].
ISBN:
0309072174
9780309072175
Other Number:
48625704
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3164932
Call Number:
388.108
Course Reserves:
0
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