ABSTRACT

This book provides a wealth of information and a critically required framework for sustainable automobile policy development in major Asian countries.

It also gives wide-ranging policy options, ranging from technological to institutional solutions to automobile emission problems, based on empirical case studies and comparative policy and regulatory analysis. It is a useful reference with valuable insights on how rapidly changing economies are adopting their policy and regulatory structures to cope with the progressively severe environmental impacts of automobile increase.

part I|58 pages

Conceptual framework and background for understanding the sustainability impact of transport and automobiles

part II|102 pages

Case studies

chapter 4|13 pages

Enabling purposive experimentation in the transport sector

The case of BRT improvement and CNG conversion in Semarang, Indonesia

chapter 8|16 pages

Role of motor inspection and maintenance

Practices and governance in Japan

chapter 9|4 pages

Governance for a sustainable automobile future in Asia

Barriers and enablers