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Aspects of the Energy Union
This book provides a comprehensive exploration of some of the most critical issues regarding the EU’s Energy Union policy. Applied European energy policies face a number of challenges ranging from the geopolitics of energy and energy regulation, to climate change, advancing renewable and gas technologies, and consumer empowerment structures. This book takes a multi-dimensional look into some of these vital issues regarding the European energy sector with a special focus on the effects the Energy Union policy has in two sensitive regional systems, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Energy, being by definition a multi-disciplinary field, presents a challenge for readers of any specific disciplinary background that need to grasp an overall understanding of the various aspects of this exciting sector. This book’s objective is to offer the opportunity for readers to get a quality, hands-on overview of the Energy Union by the professionals and academics that interact with it on a daily basis.
Urban Mobility and the Smartphone
Urban Mobility and the Smartphone: Transportation, Travel Behavior and Public Policy provides a global synthesis of the transformation of urban mobility by the smartphone, clarifying the definitions of new concepts and objects in mobility studies, accounting for the changes in transportation and travel behavior triggered by the spread of the smartphone, and discussing the implications of these changes for policy-making and research. Urban mobility is approached here as a system of actors: the perspectives of individual behavior (including lifestyles), the supply of mobility services (including actors, business models), and public policy-making are considered. The book is based on an extensiv...
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A Green and Just Recovery from COVID-19?
Stimulus spending to address the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to either facilitate the transition away from fossil energy or to lock in carbon-intensive technologies and infrastructure for decades to come. Whether they are focused on green sectors or not, stimulus measures can alleviate or reinforce socio-economic inequality. This Element delves into the data in the Energy Policy Tracker to assess the extent to which energy policies adopted during the pandemic will expedite decarbonization and explores whether governments address inequities through policies targeted to disadvantaged, marginalized and underserved individuals and communities. The overall finding is that the recovery has not been sufficiently green or just. Nevertheless, a small number of policies aim to advance distributive justice and provide potential models for policymakers as they continue to attempt to 'build back better'. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
ITF Research Reports Liberalisation of Air Transport
Aviation is one of the most regulated industries in the world. Much of this regulation is safety-related, to mitigate the inherent risks tied with air transport. But aviation is also subject to economic regulation that influences which airline flies which route, at which frequency, capacity and price. It even stipulates the nationality of its owners and decision makers. Aviation has freed itself from some restrictions over the past three decades, with many benefits to society. Yet liberalisation has also raised issues with regard to maintaining fair competition, high labour standards and mitigating aviation’s growing environmental impact.
Der Mobilitätsindex
Mobilität beschreibt ein komplexes soziales Phänomen, das über individuelle Möglichkeitsräume und soziale Teilhabe entscheidet. Trotz dieser elementaren Rolle für unsere Gesellschaft existieren bis heute kaum Planungsinstrumente, welche die Mobilität der Menschen in ihrer ganzen Komplexität erfassen. Dieses Buch stellt einen interdisziplinären Bewertungsansatz vor, um die menschlichen Möglichkeitsräume ganzheitlich zu untersuchen. Der entwickelte Mobilitätsindex unterstützt damit Planung und Politik, die Mobilität der Menschen zu verstehen und zielorientiert gestalten zu können: eine der zentralen Voraussetzungen für eine nachhaltige Verkehrsentwicklung.
Mobilitätsmanagement
Dieses Essential zeigt die aktuelle Verkehrsentwicklung auf und leitet die zentralen Herausforderungen für eine integrierte Verkehrsplanung ab, die auf eine nachhaltige Verkehrsentwicklung gerichtet ist. Es wird gezeigt, dass neben technologischen Innovationen vor allem Veränderungen des Mobilitätsverhaltens notwendig sind, um die politisch angestrebten Nachhaltigkeitsziele im Verkehrssektor zu erreichen. Hierzu wird das neue Handlungsfeld des Mobilitätsmanagements eingeführt und aufgezeigt, über welche Möglichkeiten es verfügt, dass Mobilitätsverhalten der Menschen zu beeinflussen. Abschließend werden zum einen die verschiedenen Akteure und ihre Rolle bei der Planung von Mobilität vorgestellt, zum anderen die unterschiedlichen Maßnahmen, die dem Mobilitätsmanagement zur Verfügung stehen, detailliert aufgezeigt.
Géographie des transports
Les transports (compris comme l'ensemble des moyens matériels et des services permettant les déplacements) ont considérablement évolué ces dernières années. Ils ont permis une hausse spectaculaire des vitesses moyennes et une contraction des distances-temps qui participent aux façonnements des territoires à l'échelle mondiale. Grâce à une approche transversale, cet ouvrage a pour ambition de dresser une nouvelle géographie des transports, prenant en compte la complexification des réseaux de transport et de leur fonctionnement sous l’effet des mutations économiques, de la multiplication des acteurs impliqués, de l’émergence de nouvelles échelles d’analyse et de nouveaux enjeux environnementaux et sanitaires. Après un retour épistémologique sur de la géographie des transports, qui la situe dans les évolutions de la discipline, il propose une analyse fine des objets, des échelles, des politiques publiques et des types de réseau, illustrée par de nombreuses explorations de terrain. Un manuel de référence qui vient répondre aux besoins des étudiants des formations universitaires généralistes comme des formations spécialisées.
Matatu
Drive the streets of Nairobi and you are sure to see many matatus colorful minibuses that transport huge numbers of people around the city. Once ramshackle affairs held together with duct tape and wire, matatus today are name-brand vehicles maxed out with aftermarket detailing. They can be stately black or come in extravagant colors, sporting names, slogans, or entire tableaus, with airbrushed portraits of everyone from Kanye West to Barack Obama, of athletes, movie stars, or the most famous face of all: Jesus Christ. In this richly interdisciplinary book, Kenda Mutongi explores the history of the matatu from the 1960s to the present. As Mutongi shows, matatus offer a window onto many socioe...
Paratransit in African Cities
Public transport systems in contemporary Sub-Saharan African cities are heavily reliant upon paratransit services. These services are defined as informal transportation which operates between the public and individual private spheres. In Africa paratransit is characterized by low quality of vehicles and chaotic management but it also provides cheap, accessible and flexible transport solutions for the urban poor. It is typically poorly regulated and operates as a set of informal businesses. A common result of weak public sector regulation and a fare strategy in which owners claim a fixed daily revenue target and drivers who keep the variable balance as income, is destructive competition and p...
