Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World

by John B. Heywood, Henry D. Jacoby, Ian A. Waitz, et al.

Book Overview

A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel.

In the nineteenth century, horse transportation consumed vast amounts of land for hay production, and the intense traffic and ankle-deep manure created miserable living conditions in urban centers. The introduction of the horseless carriage solved many of these problems but has created others. Today another revolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512343
• ISBN13: 9780262512343
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher