Matthew Humphreys

Sustainability in European Transport Policy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book sets out a critical analysis of the body of law and policy initiatives that constitute the EU's common transport policy. The development of the transport policy is charted through amending and founding Treaties as well as non-legislative documents. The book uses a model of sustainability as the basis for the analysis as the criteria for sustainable development were set out under Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. However, sustainable development, when taken in the context of transport is difficult to reconcile with unbridled economic growth and unchecked freedom of movement and the book identifies a contradiction at the heart of European policy, which can only become more accentuated as environmental trends become more explicit. The book argues that European regulation will eventually be forced to recognize this dichotomy, and take more forceful action to protect environmental and social development, even at the cost of economic progress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136876196
• Artikelnr.: 42510157

Autorenporträt

Matthew Humphreys is Professor of Law at Kingston University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Legislative and Policy Context of the Common Transport
Policy 2. European Transport Initiatives 3. The Polluter Pays Principle:
The Theory of Market Mechanisms 4. Road Pricing in Theory and Practice 5.
Sustainable Development and Transport 6. The Polluter Pays Principle in
Practice 7. Conclusions