Kingsley Dennis and John Urry 2009: After the Car

摘要

After one or two decades of neglect, low-carbon mobility futures have gained increasing public attention in the industrialized world very recently, as a consequence of the coming exhaustion of oil resources, rising concerns about climate change and the potential impacts this may have on the motor car. Transport in its motorized form is being held responsible for contributing to about a fifth of global carbon-dioxide emissions, and, unlike other sectors, its share tends to increase further, particularly in quickly developing economies such as China or India.