The Growth of Sustainable Development

Edward Weiner

Chapter Chapter 14 in Urban Transportation Planning in the United States, 2013, pp 195-216 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract As the concern for the effects of transportation on living quality and the environment grew, broader approaches to transportation planning were being developed. This concern was being expressed not only in the USA but worldwide. The term “sustainable development” became popularized in 1987 when the World Commission on Environment used it to describe a process of economic growth with “the ability to ensure the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The global impact of transportation on the environment was reemphasized at the United Nations Conference on the Environment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992 which focused on global climate change.

Keywords: Transportation Planning; Travel Survey; Congestion Price; Toll Road; Electronic Toll Collection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5407-6_14

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