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.
| ISBN: | 9783631347911 |
| Publication date: | 13th January 2000 |
| Author: | Joop Schopman |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Edition an imprint of Lang, Peter, GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wiss |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 134 pages |
| Series: | Europaische Hochschulschriften : Reihe 31: Politikwissenschaft |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory Medical sociology Conservation of the environment |
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.
Traffic - Environment - Politics features in the following genres: Political science and theory, Medical sociology, Conservation of the environment
Traffic - Environment - Politics is available in Paperback
Traffic - Environment - Politics was written by Joop Schopman and published by Peter Lang Edition an imprint of Lang, Peter, GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wiss
Traffic - Environment - Politics has 134 pages
Yes it is part of Europaische Hochschulschriften : Reihe 31: Politikwissenschaft series