Clean, green cities beckon...
Clean, green cities have been the agenda of the Clean Air Movement for over a century. This paper picks up on the imminent demise of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) automobile and suggests how much cleaner and greener cities can emerge as we build them around (1) revitalised electric transit wi...
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Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
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| author | Newman, Peter |
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| description | Clean, green cities have been the agenda of the Clean Air Movement for over a century. This paper picks up on the imminent demise of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) automobile and suggests how much cleaner and greener cities can emerge as we build them around (1) revitalised electric transit with accompanying focussed land use, (2) new plug-in electric vehicles associated with smart grids and local renewables, (3) natural gas and biofuels for industry, freight and regional transport especially in agriculture and remote settlements, (4) telepresence, high speed rail and airships for longer distance linkages. This vision for change is seen as being an essential part of the next technological era and early signs beckon us towards its rapid emergence. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-288842017-01-30T13:08:06Z Clean, green cities beckon... Newman, Peter clean transport natural gas electric green cities Clean, green cities have been the agenda of the Clean Air Movement for over a century. This paper picks up on the imminent demise of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) automobile and suggests how much cleaner and greener cities can emerge as we build them around (1) revitalised electric transit with accompanying focussed land use, (2) new plug-in electric vehicles associated with smart grids and local renewables, (3) natural gas and biofuels for industry, freight and regional transport especially in agriculture and remote settlements, (4) telepresence, high speed rail and airships for longer distance linkages. This vision for change is seen as being an essential part of the next technological era and early signs beckon us towards its rapid emergence. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28884 Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand fulltext |
| spellingShingle | clean transport natural gas electric green cities Newman, Peter Clean, green cities beckon... |
| title | Clean, green cities beckon... |
| title_full | Clean, green cities beckon... |
| title_fullStr | Clean, green cities beckon... |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clean, green cities beckon... |
| title_short | Clean, green cities beckon... |
| title_sort | clean, green cities beckon... |
| topic | clean transport natural gas electric green cities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28884 |