Views on planning and expectations of SEA: the case of transport planning [An article from: Environmental Impact Assessment Review]

Views on planning and expectations of SEA: the case of transport planning [An article from: Environmental Impact Assessment Review] Review

This digital document is a journal article from Environmental Impact Assessment Review, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper examines the effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in transport planning in the light of different views of planning: synoptic optimising planning, communicative planning and planning as a social struggle. The analysis uses empirical materials from 17 case studies collected by survey from Member Countries of the United Nation's Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) and further processed in a practitioners' workshop, and also a detailed case study carried out in Finland. The case studies and the workshop identified a set of necessary conditions and facilitating factors that contribute to the effectiveness of strategic environmental assessments in transport planning. Our findings suggest that transport planning can often best be characterised as a social struggle over problem definitions and future choices. Thus, the effectiveness of SEA will depend on how well the assessment fits into the planning context and on its actual contribution to debates on problem definitions. Specific procedural steps may improve the effectiveness but explicit requirements to recognise SEA in decision making are likely to be a key condition.

The impact of ''free'' public transport: The case of Brussels [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]

The impact of ''free'' public transport: The case of Brussels [An article from: Transportation Research Part A] Review

This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part A, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Public transport subsidies play an important role in the present Belgian mobility policy. The introduction of ''free'' bus transport in Hasselt in 1997 was an important event. Later, the Flemish government in cooperation with the regional public transport company elaborated the so-called ''third-payer system'' for target groups. The price of public transport is not paid by the user or the provider, but partly or completely by a ''third party''. In how far these measures contribute to a more sustainable mobility system has caused much debate. In the academic year 2003-2004, a ''free public transport'' initiative was introduced for the students of Flemish colleges and universities in Brussels. These students had the opportunity to obtain a refunded annual season ticket on Brussels public transport. Brussels was selected for the case study, because in the same city there is a group of students that benefits from the measure, and another group (students from French speaking universities and colleges) that does not. In order to examine the effects of this measure, we conducted a survey among the students to examine their present travel behaviour (number of trips, motives, modal choice ...) and the changes with the travel behaviour of the previous year. In addition we compare the current travel behaviour between the students benefiting from the measure, and those who do not.

Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency.: An article from: Nursing Economics

Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency.: An article from: Nursing Economics Review

This digital document is an article from Nursing Economics, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 4131 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency.
Author: Ann L. Hendrich
Publication:Nursing Economics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 23 Issue: 4 Page: 157(8)

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The impact of modal shift on the transport ecological footprint: A case study of the Bus Rapid Transit System Ahmedabad, India

The impact of modal shift on the transport ecological footprint: A case study of the Bus Rapid Transit System Ahmedabad, India Review

Ecological footprint serves to be a better indicator to assess the environmental sustainability of the system in terms of resource consumption and corresponding productive land area for a defined human population or economy. Transport ecological footprint analysis makes it possible to represent and communicate effectively the issues of environmental impact and sustainability related to transport. This book presents the use of ecological footprint as an indicator for analyzing urban transport system in terms of travel mode choice by presenting two scenarios (Pre and Post-BRTS implementation, a case study of Ahmedabad, India). It covers the use of Discrete choice modeling is used for mode choice analysis, 4-step transport model for traffic flow pattern study, GIS for map presentation and different statistical analysis techniques. This book therefore can be very useful to urban planners, transport planners, environmentalists, policy makers and other professionals in the related field, to help promote sustainable urban transport system using footprint assessment for scenario evaluation.