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Description for Auto Motives
Hardcover. While the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant. This title evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'. Editor(s): Lucas, Karen; Blumenberg, Evelyn; Weinberger, Rachel. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps,. BIC Classification: RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Our global reliance on private automobiles as the primary means for transporting individuals is likely to become of increasing political importance over the next ten to twenty years. While the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant and the need for political intervention to control some of their worst effects is increasingly accepted within policy circles internationally. It is within this wider context that "Auto Motives" is set. It critically evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'. Uniquely, it draws together and explains ... Read more
Our global reliance on private automobiles as the primary means for transporting individuals is likely to become of increasing political importance over the next ten to twenty years. While the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant and the need for political intervention to control some of their worst effects is increasingly accepted within policy circles internationally. It is within this wider context that "Auto Motives" is set. It critically evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'. Uniquely, it draws together and explains ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857242334
SKU
V9780857242334
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
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