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automotive industry and the global environment
1 online resource (72 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital file.
This book presents an analysis on the potential effects of globalization on the automotive industry and the environment. Energy challenges, market economy growth, and population dynamics are considered. The authors also present future scenarios for transportation technologies to meet the ever growing global demand for transportation of goods and services while minimizing energy and environmental impacts and maximizing cost, value and widespread acceptance.
1. The Industrial Revolution and the Automobile -- 2. Evolution of Environmental Awareness and Protection in the 20th Century -- 3. Environmental and Energy Challenges of the 21st Century -- 4. Future Environmental Approaches and Methodologies -- 5. The "Global Revolution" and the Automobile -- 6. Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72).
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications