Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Patients / Edition 1

by Claes-Eric Norrbom, Agneta Stahl

Overview

First Published in 1991. This is Volume 13 in a series of Transportation Studies. It contains 2 parts of the proceedings of a Conference held at Stockholmsmassan, Alvsjo, Sweden, 21-24 May 1989, organized by the Swedish Board of Transport in co-operation with the Department of Traffic Planning and Engineering, Lund Institute of Technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782881247637
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	Transportation Studies , #13
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Claes-Eric Norrbom (Author) Swedish Board of Transport, Sweden, Agneta Stahl (Author) Lund Institute o f Technology, Sweden.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES, PLENARY SESSION I: EXPECTED CHANGES: SOCIETY, INDIVIDUAL. INDUSTRIALIZED AND DEVELOPING NATIONS, PLENARY SESSION II: APPROACHES - A STATE, PLENARY SESSION III: A CONFERENCE SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP SESSIONS, PLENARY SESSION IV: WHERE TO GO FOR THE NEXT DECADE - PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION A: POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLICIES Al: MOBILITY AS A HUMAN RIGHT: EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA : MOBILITY AS A HUMAN RIGHT: AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA A3: MISCELLANEOUS PERSPECTIVES A4: REGIONAL STRATEGIES SESSION B: ENHANCED MOBILITY Bl: TRAFFIC SAFETY B2: TRAFFIC SAFETY B3: ADAPTATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE B4: TARGET GROUP NEEDS AND CAPACITIES B5: LOCATING THE TARGET GROUP SESSION C: PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION Cl: ADAPTATION OF PRIVATE VEHICLES C2: THE DISABLED DRIVER C3: THE ELDERLY DRIVER SESSION D: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DI: ADAPTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS D2: ADAPTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS D3: ADAPTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS D4: ADAPTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES D5: ADAPTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES SESSION E: SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS El: SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS E2: SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS E3: OPERATION OF SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SESSION F: TRAVEL NEEDS AND TRAVEL PATTERNS FI: TRAVEL NEEDS AND TRAVEL PATTERNS

Editorial Reviews

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on [title] held at Alvsjo, Sweden, May 1989. The conference motto was "Towards mobility as a human right." Two major plenary sessions considered: expected changes--society, individual, industrialized and developing nations; and approaches--a state of the art. Other sessions covered political perspectives and policies, enhanced mobility, private transportation, public transportation, special transportation systems, and travel needs and travel patterns. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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