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Springer Cars And Carbon Automobiles And European Climate Policy In A Global Context 2012 Edition by Theodoros I. Zachariadis
This volume contains articles from leading analysts and researchers on sustainable transportation who provide critical reflections on how automobile-related climate policies have evolved up to now in Europe and around the world in view of the widely recognized need to substantially curb global emissions of greenhouse gases in the coming decades. Authors describe the policies which have been most effective outline their economic and social implications present success stories while critically reviewing less successful examples and suggest strategies to decarbonize passenger transportation on a global scale. Table of contents : 1. IntroductionPART I: Background - Automobiles and Climate Change2. The Attractiveness of Car Use3. The Importance of Passenger Cars for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Today and TomorrowPART II: European Union Policies4. The Past and the Future of EU Regulatory Policies to Reduce Road Transport Carbon Emissions5. Fuel Policies in the EU: Lessons Learned from the Past and Outlook for the Future6. Fuel Taxation Regulations and Selective Incentives: Striking the Balance 7. The Rght EU Policy Framework for Reducing Car CO2 EmissionsPART III: National Policies8. CO2-Based Taxation of Motor Vehicles 9. Fuel Taxation in Europe10. Passenger Road Transport During Transition and Post-Transition Period: Residential Fuel Consumption and Fuel Taxation in the Czech Republic11. Accelerated Introduction of 'Clean' Cars in Sweden12. Making People Independent From the Car - Multimodality as Strategic Concept to Reduce CO2-Emissions13. National Road User Charging: Theory and ImplementationPART IV: The International Context14. Mobility Management Solutions to Transport Problems Around The World15. Automobiles and Climate Policy in the Rest of OECD 16. Transport and Climate Policy in The Developing World - The Region That Matters Most17. Epilogue - The Future of the Automobile: CO2 May Not Be the Great DeciderIndex