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Sustainability

Exam-style Questions

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Why do many people regard current transport trends as unsustainable?

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2.

Describe the sorts of measures that might be introduced to make transport more sustainable in future. Why is it difficult to develop a transport scheme appraisal method that takes into account many criteria and sub-criteria of varying nature?

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3.

Define what 'sustainability' is, and outline its relevance to transport systems.

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4.

With reference to examples, describe how modern transport schemes interact with their surrounding environment.

 

In this topic...

  topic overview  topic overview
  what is sustainability?  what is sustainability?
  relevance to civil engineering and transport  relevance to civil engineering and transport
  history of sustainability in the uk context  history of sustainability in the uk context
  issues involved in creating a sustainable transport policy  issues involved in creating a sustainable transport policy
  air pollution  air pollution
  useful links  useful links
  exam-style questions  exam-style questions





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