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Public transportation and sustainability: A review
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In this article, a critical literature review of the relationship between public transportation and sustainability is presented, which offers a review of key sustainable transportation concepts and how public transport contributes to sustainability goals.Abstract:
Public transportation is often framed as a key component of building sustainable cities. Conversely, the social, economic, and environmental impacts of transport are framed as critical issues that can challenge the sustainability of cities and regions. This paper presents a critical literature review of the relationship between public transportation and sustainability. First the paper offers a review of key sustainable transportation concepts and how public transport contributes to sustainability goals. Second, the paper reviews past studies that analyse sustainable transportation in order to develop recommendations for planning, engineering, and researching sustainable public transport. Finally, the paper concludes by offering suggestions for future research into the sustainability performance of public transit.read more
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Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators: Methodology and User Guide
Michela Nardo,Michaela Saisana,Andrea Saltelli,Stefano Tarantola,Anders Hoffman,Enrico Giovannini +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a handbook for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties, which is concerned with those which compare and rank country performance in areas such as industrial competitiveness, sustainable development, globalisation and innovation.
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Conceptualising sustainability assessment
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