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Transportation, Energy Use and Environmental Impacts shows researchers, students and professionals the important connection between transportation planning, energy use and emissions. The book examines the major transportation activities, components, systems and subsystems by mode. It closely explores the resulting environmental impacts from transport planning, construction and the decommissioning of transportation systems. It discusses transportation planning procedures from an energy use standpoint, offering guidelines to make transportation more energy consumption efficient. Other sections cover propulsion and energy use systems, focusing on road transportation, railway, waterway, pipeline, air, air pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, and more.

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ISBN13:9780128134542
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p>1. Transportation, an introduction2. Planning, design, and construction of infrastructure for transportation systems and their environmental impacts/3. Transportation planning and energy use4. Propulsion systems and energy use5. Energy sources for transportation6. Air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)7. Noise pollution, vibration, visual intrusion, and emission of solid and liquid waste</p>

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