Traffic – Environment – Politics

Joop Schopman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

134 Seiten

2000
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-34791-1 (ISBN)

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The advance of motorized traffic has brought our attention to its disadvantages. Noise and exhaust gases do not just annoy people, they threaten human health and welfare. This book reports the scarcely available measurements of emissions to which adverse health effects are attributed. From these data it appears that although hardly any particular health effect can be scientifically proven to be caused by road traffic combined these effects strongly indicate that public health is endangered and action should be taken. The 1950-1980 efforts by the US government to formulate exhaust standards for cars are used to illustrate the political difficulties inherent in such undertaking.

The Author: After his studies in physics and philosophy the author worked at academic institutes in Amsterdam, Liège, Utrecht, Boston, and Innsbruck. These experiences aroused his interest in the relationship between science, technology and society. Since 1982 he has focussed on artificial intelligence and cognitive science with an increasing emphasis on assessment. His move to Innsbruck in 1991 confronted him with the Tyrolean problem of traffic. His main publications are on the history and philosophy of science and technology.

Contents: The road from pollution to protection - Exhaust gases from cars have adverse effects on human health, so their noise - Efforts by the US government to reduce this pollution have been leading to tensions with the car industry.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.1.2000
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes ; 386
Verlagsort	Frankfurt a.M.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	180 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Environment • Politics • Schopman • Traffic
ISBN-10	3-631-34791-X / 363134791X
ISBN-13	978-3-631-34791-1 / 9783631347911
Zustand	Neuware