System Innovation for Sustainability: Pt. 2: Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Mobility

System Innovation for Sustainability: Pt. 2: Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Mobility Review

The EU-funded project 'Sustainable Consumption Research Exchanges' (SCORE!) consists of around 200 experts in the field of sustainable innovation and sustainable consumption. The SCORE! philosophy is that innovation in SCP policy can be achieved only if experts that understand business development, (sustainable) solution design, consumer behaviour and system innovation policy work together in shaping it. Sustainable technology design can be effective only if business can profitably make the products and consumers are attracted to them. To understand how this might effectively happen, the expertise of systems thinkers must be added to the mix.

The publication in 2008 of "System Innovation for Sustainability 1" was the first result of a unique positive confrontation between experts from all four communities. It examined what SCP is and what it could be, provided a state-of-the-art review on the governance of change in SCP policy and looked at the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches.

"System Innovation for Sustainability 2" is the first of three books of case studies covering respectively the three key consumption areas of mobility, food and agriculture, and energy use and housing - responsible for 70 per cent of the life-cycle environmental impacts of Western societies - with the aim of stimulating, fostering or forcing change to SCP theory in practice.

This book focuses on change towards sustainable personal mobility based on implemented cases analysed from a system perspective. It examines how changes can be realised so that consumers and end-users on average will start to reduce their need for mobility, or start to make use of more sustainable mobility systems. This is clearly a critical and highly problematic area. Increasing living standards of a growing global population have resulted in rapid rises in both car and air travel along with the associated pollution. Uniquely, this book approaches the problems and solutions from a systems perspective, explaining the meta-trends, specific issues for the mobility sector, socio-economic trends, political considerations, socio-cultural developments and environmental issues. Apart from the mobility system itself, other societal systems, such as labour and taxation that impact the need for mobility are addressed in order to provide sustainable solutions to induced lock-in situations.

Three major problem areas are considered: the three C's of carbon emissions (and the growing contribution of mobility to the crisis of global warming), congestion and casualties. The strategies proposed address one or more of these problem areas. Among the cases discussed are: Norway's carbon compensation scheme for air travel; Madrid's high-occupancy vehicle lanes; London's congestion charge scheme; market-based instruments such as eco-labelling on car purchasing; and, taxation.

The book identifies opportunities for actors - governments, manufacturers and consumers - to intervene in the complex system to promote sustainable mobility and concludes with a reflection on problems, trends and requirements for action.

The "System Innovation for Sustainability" series is the fruit of the first major international research network on SCP and will set the standard in this field for some years to come. It will be required reading for all involved in the policy debate on sustainable production and consumption from government, business, academia and NGOs for designers, scientists, businesses and system innovators.

Pediatric Case Studies for the Paramedic

Pediatric Case Studies for the Paramedic Review

Children Are Not Simply Adults. They Commonly Present With Unique Problems That Are Typically Not Encountered In Older Patients. These Unique Problems Require The Paramedic To Alter, To Some Degree, His Or Her Approach To The Sick Or Injured Child. Because A Relatively Small Percentage Of EMS Calls Involve A Critically Ill Or Injured Child, It Is Common For The Paramedic To Experience Anxiety When Such A Call Is Received. Pediatric Case Studies For The Paramedic Contains 20 Case Studies Representing A Variety Of Pediatric Emergencies That Paramedics May Encounter In The Field.

STOL Progenitors (Case Studies)

STOL Progenitors (Case Studies) Review

This case study presents the history and technical achievements in developing the Boeing C-17, the largest STOL transport aircraft. It examines STOL technology and predecessor aircraft, but focuses on the United States Air Force's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) program and its YC-14 and YC-15 demonstrators. The book describes every step of the process including the needs requirements, technological approaches, design and operation implications, proposals and winning designs, alterations, innovations, cost constraints, construction, and flight testing. STOL aircraft that flew before and after the C-17 are also discussed to illustrate the continuing evolution of the technology.

Case Studies: Emergency Care And Transportation Of The Sick And Injured

Case Studies: Emergency Care And Transportation Of The Sick And Injured Review

This Manual Is The Ideal Student Supplement, In Support Of Case-Based Learning, To Emergency Care And Transportation Of The Sick And Injured, Tenth Edition. Case-Based Resources Encourage Active Learning And Promote Critical Thinking Skills In Learners. Case-Based Learning Also Helps Students Make The Connection Between Cognitive Information Learned In Class And Reallife Situations. Detailed Cases Align With The Tenth Edition To Allow For Seamless Integration Into Your Courses. Each Case Presents SAMPLE History, Vital Signs, And Assessment Information In Tabular Format For Ease Of Use, And Features A Scenario Analysis, Answer Rationales, And A Completed Patient Care Report.

Soviet V/STOL Aircraft: The Struggle for a Shipborne Combat Capability (Case Studies)

Soviet V/STOL Aircraft: The Struggle for a Shipborne Combat Capability (Case Studies) Review

This important case study reports on the V/STOL development activities in the Soviet Union. As in the West, the Soviets also began using flying test rigs in the late 1950s. By combining the lift engines with modifications to existing engines, the Soviets were able to deploy the Yak-38 Forger only two years after the Harrier. The Forger was in service for 15 years before the political situation forced its retirement from service. Packed with illustrations, references, glossaries, and bibliographies, this case study is a necessary resource for the studies of V/STOL aircraft and systems designers.

Innovation in European Freight Transportation: Basics, Methodology and Case Studies for the European Markets (RWTHedition)

Innovation in European Freight Transportation: Basics, Methodology and Case Studies for the European Markets (RWTHedition) Review

Serious problems and risks can be observed in European freight transportation development. However, the transport and logistics sector shows a lack of tradition in utilising systematic innovation management to overcome these problems. Hence, this volume puts forward a specific and comprehensive Systemic Migration-Oriented Innovation Management Method. Within the scope of this research, seven case studies of European freight transport innovations have been conducted using this method. They offer a broad, comprehensive and up-to-date view concerning different carriers, degrees of automation, and corridors across Europe. These case studies demonstrate how implementations of innovations may be performed successfully.

Advances in City Transport : Case Studies (Advances in Transport)

Advances in City Transport : Case Studies (Advances in Transport) Review

City transport system studies have been a constant challenge for engineers and planners all over the world, particularly because their decisions affect people's daily lives. The environmental impacts in urban areas due to traffic play a significant role and it could be considered that nowadays the evaluation of intervening factors in the transport system is based on the examination of their environmental dimension; that is whether the target to upgrade the quality of the environment can be achieved. New ideas, which are often supported by the evolution of new technologies in the transport sector, have materialized in various cities all over the world where people from different backgrounds and cultures face similar daily problems as far as transportation is concerned. These case studies should benefit all those who are involved in the process of transportation planning and engineering.

The German V/STOL Fighter Program: A Quest for Survivability in a Theater Nuclear Environment (Case Studies)

The German V/STOL Fighter Program: A Quest for Survivability in a Theater Nuclear Environment (Case Studies) Review

This case study examines the German VTOL fighter and strike aircraft development efforts, the VJ 101 and the VAK 191B programmes. The VJ 101C and the VAK 191B design approaches are described and the results of their flight-test efforts are summarized.

The Lightweight Fighter Program: A Successful Approach to Fighter Technology Transition (Case Studies)

The Lightweight Fighter Program: A Successful Approach to Fighter Technology Transition (Case Studies) Review

This case study outlines the development of the Lightweight Fighter programme, including the development, technology and flight test history of the YF-16 and YF-17. The streamlined and highly successful Lightweight Fighter programme effectively used "experimental prototypes" to introduce a set of new and advanced technologies to fighter aircraft, and serves as an excellent example of technology management, risk reduction in the development process, and acquisition philosophy.

Economic Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume 8: Innovations and Case Studies (Research in Transportation Economics)

Economic Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume 8: Innovations and Case Studies (Research in Transportation Economics) Review

There are unique complexities associated with the economic valuation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and telematics. Traditional methods of quantitative analysis may not be appropriate in accurately and reliably assessing the economic impacts of these technologies. Although advanced transportation and related technologies are being planned and deployed at an increasingly rapid pace, many of the technologies are still relatively new, and their use may not be widespread. Much of the initial information and statistics gathered have been anecdotal and have focused more on benefits rather than costs. Therefore, difficulties arise due to the lack of historical data and 'lessons learned' from which to draw upon. In addition, compared with traditional transportation infrastructure, ITS technologies have different life cycles, cost structures, and a number of interrelated elements. This book addresses these concerns and proposes new economic assessment techniques as well as modifications to existing ones. Included are case studies from a multitude of North American, European, and Asian nations and major metropolitan areas covering a wide range of ITS technologies including freeway management, electronic toll collection, advanced driver assistance systems, and traveller information systems.

The Local Bus Market: A Case Study of Regulatory Change (Institute for Transport Studies)

The Local Bus Market: A Case Study of Regulatory Change (Institute for Transport Studies) Review

This book is an economic assessment of the behaviour and performance of the local bus industry under regulation and deregulation. Contents included: the economic characteristics of this market; the regime of regulation 1930-1986; an analysis of cross-subsidization; the deregulation story; market conduct and behaviour under deregulation; performance of the deregulated market; regulating to maintain effective competition. The work is aimed at all those with academic or practical interests in the public transport industry and regulation studies.

Composite Applications in Land Transport: Practical Case Studies

Composite Applications in Land Transport: Practical Case Studies Review

Via a series of case studies, the author illustrates the processes and procedures that the various transport sectors must go through to introduce composite structures into their marketplace.

AIRLINE EXECUTIVES FEDERAL REGULATION: CASE STUDIES IN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FROM (Historical Perspectives on Business Enterprise Series)

AIRLINE EXECUTIVES FEDERAL REGULATION: CASE STUDIES IN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FROM (Historical Perspectives on Business Enterprise Series) Review

This book is a collection of eight case studies of relationships between airline executives and federal regulatory agencies from the passage of the Air Commerce Act in 1926 to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. By focusing on the lives and personalities of individual entrepreneurs, W. David Lewis and his contributors hope to explore the interaction between technology, government regulation, and entrepreneurship.

Each essay in the book focuses on a particular airline executive, such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Robert Six, and Donald Nyrop. Lewis has been careful to give a variety of perspectives: Airlines of various types are representedlarge and small, scheduled and unscheduled. Some of the executives profiled were known for having adversative relationships with federal regulators, whereas others wholeheartedly accepted regulation and thrived under it.

There have been public calls for a return to airline regulation, and Lewis thinks it is not inconceivable that regulation may ultimately return if problems continue and conditions deteriorate further. But, he says, it is well to remember that deregulation occurred because there were flaws in the regulatory system it replaced. This collection of essaysscholarly and well documented but written in a lively style suitable for specialists and nonspecialists alikeprovides a long-range perspective on the issue of airline deregulation.

Transportation GIS: Includes 12 Case Studies

Transportation GIS: Includes 12 Case Studies Review

This book presents a dozen case studies of real organizations using GIS to address pressing issues in the transportation industry.

Development of Regional Airports: Theoretical Analyses and Case Studies

Development of Regional Airports: Theoretical Analyses and Case Studies Review

Great attention is devoted, for example in Europe, to the development of regional airports, both to improve the congestion situation at the main hubs and to help the economic development of some decentralized areas. In this context, more actors can play an important role, as airport planners, air companies (including low-cost companies) and users (passengers and/or freight) that affect demand levels at airports through their travel choices. Furthermore, an efficient use of resources suggests we consider the role of existing regional airports before starting the building of new airports. In the USA more studies concern the analysis of airport systems (as in the Los Angeles area) in order to verify the role of each airport and the effects on the main, congested hub(s). In this light this book gives an overview of the main aspects of the potential development of regional airports, particularly the economic aspects, the role of the low-cost companies, demand modelling, the airport, airline and access mode of choices; and the relationships between hub capacity constraints and regional airports growth. Examples of different airports throughout the world are also presented as test cases with respect to the various aspects.

Changing Trains: Railway Reform and the Role of Competition : The Experience of Six Countries (Oxford Studies in Transport)

Changing Trains: Railway Reform and the Role of Competition : The Experience of Six Countries (Oxford Studies in Transport) Review

Presents and compares the new relationships between transport authority and railway companies in a number of countries. It also offers a range of case studies, focusing on the role of contracts, competition and tendering, and presenting the achievements of the new regimes so far. This study is aimed at transport professionals, authorities, and academics interested in the increasing use of competition in the passenger railway sector.

Strategic Management in the Maritime Sector: A Case Study of Poland and Germany (Plymouth Studies in Contemporary Shipping and Logistics)

Strategic Management in the Maritime Sector: A Case Study of Poland and Germany (Plymouth Studies in Contemporary Shipping and Logistics) Review

Produced by the Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth, and the University of Gdansk, the papers in this text are written by leading experts in the field of development economics with respect to the maritime sector. They include papers on developments in both the Polish and German Baltic regions, covering research on ports, shipping operators, ancillary industries such as freight forwarders and agents, and the role of shipping as a development catalyst in the region. There are further papers from the University of Rostock, the leading transport and logistics institution in the former East Germany.