TRANSPORT, THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC POLICY - Hardcover

Button, Kenneth

 
9781852784430: TRANSPORT, THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC POLICY

Synopsis

The impact of transport on the global environment is an issue attracting world-wide attention in the 1990s. This important book sheds new light on the environmental costs of transport. It discusses all modes of transport and their effects of major problems such as greenhouse gases, depletion of non-renewable resources, urban sprawl, acid rain, oil spillage etc. Drawing on the most recent research in environmental economics, it discusses problems of regulation and the implications for economic policy. This genuinely international and comparative book will be essential reading for economists, transport planners, policymakers and environmental scientists.

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About the Author

Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US

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