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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review’Kenneth Button is acknowledged as a leading authority on transport policy, so it is no surprise that he has written an erudite and instructive work in his area of specialization. His book is also accessible.’Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Transport System and Transport Policy 3. The Environmental Effects of Transport 4. Evaluating the Environment 5. Economic Causes of Environmental Degradation 6. Intervention Failures 7. Instruments of Economic Policy: Fiscal Tools 8. Non-Fiscal Policy Instruments 8. Political Economy of Policy
